poulet
See also: Poulet
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French, from poule (“hen”) -et (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpoulet m (plural poulets)
- chicken
- (slang, derogatory) policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective)
- 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.
- In a tweet, since deleted, CGT Publicis [a trade union branch] mentioned the media's coverage of a "pig roast", referring to a police officer who suffered severe burns during the 1 May marches in Paris.
- (obsolete) love letter
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Switzerland German: Poulet
Further reading
edit- “poulet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French poulet.
Noun
editpoulet m (plural poulets)
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editpoulet oblique singular, m (nominative singular poulez or pouletz)
- chicken (as a food)
Descendants
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