petit poussin

\pə.ti pu.sɛ̃\

/\pə.ti pu.sɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“petit poussin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit poussin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-petit-poussin · petit poussin · French

petit poussin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for petit poussin
PropertyValue
Headwordpetit poussin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pə.ti pu.sɛ̃\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « petit poussin » en français

petit poussinn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

petit poussin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti pu.sɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

petit poussin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is petit poussin, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -P-O-U-S-S-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit poussin.
  2. 2
    Jeune homme entretenu par une femme plus âgée, une mère poule.
  3. 3
    Très jeune sportif, en dessous de la première limite d’âge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how petit poussin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Attends j’ai pas fini mon inventaire, y a aussi les femmes mariées avec leurs jules de jour et dans les bras d’un « petit poussin » la nuit, et naturellement, les professionnelles.
  2. Nkwa Mambu n’a pas de résidence fixe, tantôt il est à l’hôtel, tantôt il est chez ses copains. Il est le « petit poussin » de mère Adolo, commerçante de son état, qu’il accompagne parfois dans ses navettes entre Kinshasa et Brazzaville.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "petit poussin"?
"petit poussin" is spelled P-E-T-I-T- -P-O-U-S-S-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pə.ti pu.sɛ̃\.
What does "petit poussin" mean?
As a noun, "petit poussin" means: Petit poussin.
How do you pronounce "petit poussin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "petit poussin" is \pə.ti pu.sɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "petit poussin" come from?
"petit poussin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list