The French word for chicken is
poulet
Gender
The gender of poulet is masculine. E.g. le poulet.French Definition
chicken | |
1. n. Poule. | |
2. n. Poulet. | |
3. n. Poule mouillée. | |
4. n. (Argot) Froussard. | |
5. adj. (Argot) Froussard, lâche, couard. |
Translations for chicken and their definitions
poule | ||
1. n-f. hen (female chicken) | ||
Ma poule vient de pondre un œuf. - My hen has just laid an egg. | ||
2. n-f. (slang) chick, bird (woman) | ||
3. n-f. (cards) pool | ||
4. n-f. pool, group (stage of a competition before the knockout stages) |
poulet | |||
1. n-m. chicken | |||
2. n-m. (slang) policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective) | |||
3. n-m. (obsolete) love letter |
poule mouillée | ||
1. n-f. (informal) milksop, chickenshit, chicken-heart (coward) |
poltron | ||
1. n. coward | ||
2. adj. cowardly |
froussard | ||
1. adj. (informal) cowardly, chicken |
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