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boule de poils

French, noun/bul də pwal/

boule de poils is a French feminine noun meaning “hairball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amoncellement de poils d’un animal”.

What does boule de poils mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehairball

  2. 2

    feminineinformalfurball

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Amoncellement de poils d’un animal. 2. Animal à fourrure.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of boule de poils

  • boules de poils plural
  • boule de poil

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce boule de poils?

  • /bul də pwal/
  • \bul də pwal\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to boule de poils

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.