Etymology

pule

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French piauler
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pule · noun, verb1

  1. French · borrowed frompiauler
  2. English todaypule

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

pule · noun2

  1. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed frompule /пуле
  2. English todaypule

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian pule /пуле.

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