poulet
French, noun/pu.le/
poulet is spelled P-O-U-L-E-T (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poulet is a French masculine noun meaning “chicken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit du coq et de la poule, plus âgé que le poussin, avant d’être adulte”.
What does poulet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechicken
- 2
derogatorymasculineslangpoliceman (especially a plain-clothes police detective)
- 3
masculineobsoletelove letter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit du coq et de la poule, plus âgé que le poussin, avant d’être adulte. 2. Viande de jeune poule ou jeune coq destiné à l’alimentation humaine. 3. Terme d’affection, que l’on adresse généralement aux enfants. 4. Nigaud.
noun: 1. Policier.
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 poulet
- poulets plural
- poulette
- poule
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poulet?
- /pu.le/
- /pu.lɛ/
- \pu.lɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poulet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poulet in French?
poulet appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).