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pouillot
noun, masculine
warbler
poujadisme
noun, masculine
Poujadism; reactionary petit-bourgeois attitude
poujadiste
noun, masculine/feminine
Poujadist; person with a reactionary petit-bourgeois attitude
poulaga
noun, masculine
policeman
poulaille
noun, feminine
poultry; cop, rozzer (police)
poulailler
noun, masculine
henhouse, coop, chicken coop; gods, gallery (of a theatre)
poulain
noun, masculine
foal (young horse); protégé; mentee
poulaine
noun, feminine
poulaine
poulamon
noun, masculine
tomcod (fish of species Microgadus tomcod)
poularde
noun, feminine
a young, fattened chicken
poulbot
noun, masculine
street urchin
poule
noun, feminine
hen (female chicken); chick, bird (woman)
poule
noun, feminine
pool; pool, group (stage of a competition before the knockout stages)
poule au pot
noun, feminine
a kind of chicken and vegetable stew from Gers, France
poule aux œufs d'or
noun, feminine
golden goose (something that generates much profit or gives great advantages)
poule d'eau
noun, feminine
moorhen (Gallinula spp.); orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis); American coot (Fulica americana)
poule faisane
noun, feminine
synonym of faisane
poule mouillée
noun, feminine
milksop, chickenshit, chicken-heart (coward)
poule pondeuse
noun, feminine
laying hen; breeder, brood mare (woman who has many children)
poulet
noun, masculine
chicken; policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective); love letter
poulet basquaise
noun, masculine
a kind of stew containing braised chicken and piperade
poulet du Général Tao
noun, masculine
General Tao chicken
poulet frit
noun, masculine
fried chicken
poulet à l'orange
noun, masculine
orange chicken
poulette
noun, feminine
pullet; synonym of poule (“girl, chick”)
pouliche
noun, feminine
filly (young female horse); lass (young woman)
poulie
noun, feminine
pulley; block
pouligny-saint-pierre
noun, masculine
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre (cheese)
pouliner
verb
to foal (give birth)
poulinière
noun, feminine
brood mare
pouliot
noun, masculine
pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
pouliot
noun, masculine
a certain kind of thread or pulley on a chariot and also a ship
poulpe
noun, masculine
an octopus
pouls
noun, masculine
pulse (regular beat caused by the heart)
poulsard
noun, masculine
a black grape variety form Jura
poumon
noun, masculine
lung
poumon de la planète
noun, masculine
a large forest, generally a tropical rainforest
poupard
noun, masculine
chubby baby
poupard
adjective
chubby, plump
poupe
noun, feminine
poop, stern
poupin
adjective
chubby
poupon
noun, masculine
little baby; baby doll
pouponner
verb
to dote; to look after a baby
pouponnière
noun, feminine
nursery, creche
poupoule
noun, feminine
baby, friendly term of address for a child or woman
poupée
noun, feminine
doll (object); A girl or woman.
poupée boule
noun, feminine
roly-poly (toy)
poupée de chiffon
noun, feminine
rag doll
poupée gonflable
noun, feminine
blow-up doll, love doll
poupée russe
noun, feminine
Russian doll
poupée vaudou
noun, feminine
voodoo doll
pour
preposition
for (meant for, intended for); for (in support of); for (as a consequence for); for (an intended destination); to (to bring about an intended result)
pour acquit
phrase
paid, settled, payment received, received with thanks (note on an invoice indicating that said invoice has been paid)
pour ainsi dire
adverb
so to speak, as it were
pour autant
adverb
even so
pour autant que
conjunction
provided that; on the condition that
pour autant que je sache
adverb
to the best of my knowledge, as far as I know
pour bien faire
adverb
ideally
pour cause de
preposition
on account of, due to, because of
pour ce faire
adverb
with this aim in mind, to do this, in order to achieve this, to this end, to that end