poulaille
French, noun/pu.laj/
poulaille is spelled P-O-U-L-A-I-L-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poulaille is a French feminine noun meaning “poultry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Volaille de basse-cour, tel que canards, poules, dindes et oies”.
What does poulaille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoultry
- 2
feminineslangcop, rozzer (police)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Volaille de basse-cour, tel que canards, poules, dindes et oies. 2. Police ; gendarmerie.
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 poulaille
- poulailles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poulaille?
- /pu.laj/
- /pu.lɑj/
- \pu.laj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is poulaille in French?
poulaille appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).