pule

See also: pulë and půle

English

Etymology 1

From French piauler, a variant of French piailler (“to chirp, cheep”). Compare Italian pigolare (“to cheep as a chicken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjuːl/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -uːl

Noun

pule (plural pules)

1. A plaintive melancholy whine.

Verb

pule (third-person singular simple present pules, present participle puling, simple past and past participle puled)

1. (intransitive) To whimper or whine.

   Although the elderly man felt mounting pain from his illness, he never complained or puled.

2. (intransitive) To pipe or chirp.

Translations

to whimper or whine

• Bulgarian: хленча (bg) (hlenča), скимтя (bg) (skimtja)
• Maori: koroingoingo

Derived terms

• puler

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːleɪ/

Noun

pule (uncountable)

1. A Serbian cheese made from donkey milk.

Anagrams

• Lupe

Danish

Etymology

From dialectal Swedish pula (“have sex with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːlə/, [ˈpʰuːlə]

Verb

pule (imperative pul, infinitive at pule, present tense puler, past tense pulede, perfect tense har pulet)

1. (informal, transitive) to fuck roughly

Galician

Verb

pule

1. second-person singular imperative of pulir

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

pule

1. inflection of pulen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hawaiian

Noun

pule

1. prayer, spell, blessing
2. church service
3. week

Verb

pule

1. (transitive) to pray

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.le/
• Rhymes: -ule
• Hyphenation: pù‧le

Noun

pule m

1. plural of pula

Anagrams

• lupe

Middle English

Noun

pule

1. Alternative form of pilwe

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

pule (present tense puler, past tense pulte, past participle pult)

1. (slang, vulgar) have sex; fuck

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

pule (present tense puler, past tense pulte, past participle pult, passive infinitive pulast, present participle pulande, imperative pul)

1. (slang, vulgar) fuck; have sex

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.le/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.lɨ/

• Hyphenation: pu‧le

Verb

pule

1. inflection of pular:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of polir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpu.le]

Noun

pule

1. plural of pulă

Usage notes

Although the plural form pule is that which would be found in a dictionary, puli and the other forms based on this plural form are more common.

Synonyms

• puli

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pule, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliq.

Noun

pule

1. shell
2. cowrie

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpule/ [ˈpu.le]
• Rhymes: -ule
• Syllabification: pu‧le

Verb

pule

1. inflection of pulir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.le/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *pule, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliq.

Noun

pule

1. cowrie shell

Etymology 2

Noun

pule

1. authority
2. leader; boss

Volapük

Noun

pule

1. dative singular of pul