poule

P3O1U1L1E1
UK/puːl/

noun

A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.

UncommonFirst used 1920sScrabble 7

Meanings

poule1

nounpoule (plural poules)

plural poules

  1. A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.First known use 1920s

    ‘Where are the Delages taking you?’ ‘Dinner at…somewhere terribly smart. They'll pretend I'm a poule they picked up in the street.’

    2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 369
    1 more example

    It was a warm spring night and I sat at a table on the terrace of the Napolitain after Robert had gone, watching […] the poules going by, singly and in pairs, looking for the evening meal.

    1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society, published 2008, page 40

poule2

nounpoule (plural poules)

plural poules

  1. alternativefencingAlternative form of pool.
  2. obsoleteObsolete form of pool (in various senses).

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Origin

  1. Latinpullus, pulla
  2. Frenchpoule
  3. Englishpoule

Borrowed from French poule, from Latin pullus, pulla.

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APA

poule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poule

MLA

“poule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poule. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poule,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poule.

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