poulet
See also: Poulet
French
Etymology
Old French, from poule (“hen”) + -et (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
Noun
poulet m (plural poulets)
- (cooking) chicken
- (slang, derogatory) policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective)
- Synonym: policier
- 2017 May 2, “Policier brûlé le 1er-Mai : la CGT ironise sur le "poulet grillé" et crée une polémique”, in Paris Match[1]:
- Dans un tweet, depuis effacé, la CGT Publicis évoquait le traitement médiatique réservé à un «poulet grillé», pour parler du policier gravement brûlé en marge des défilés du 1er-Mai à Paris.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (obsolete) love letter
Related terms
Descendants
- Swiss German: Poulet
Further reading
- “poulet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French poulet.
Noun
poulet m (plural poulets)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
poulet oblique singular, m (nominative singular poulez or pouletz)
- chicken (as a food)
Descendants
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