poulet

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French, from poule +‎ -et. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pu.le/, /pu.lɛ/ === Noun === poulet m (plural poulets) chicken (slang, derogatory) policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective) Synonyms: policier, keuf, flic (obsolete) love letter ==== Derived terms ==== blanc de poulet poulet basquaise poulet du Général Tao ==== Descendants ==== → Switzerland German: Poulet === Further reading === “poulet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French poulet. === Noun === poulet m (plural poulets) (Jersey) chicken (as food) == Old French == === Alternative forms === pollet, pullet === Etymology === poule +‎ -et. === Noun === poulet oblique singular, m (nominative singular poulez or pouletz) chicken (as a food) ==== Descendants ==== Anglo-Norman: pullet → Middle English: pulet; pult, pulte English: pullet; poult Scots: pout French: poulet→ Switzerland German: Poulet ⇒ Old French: pouleterie Walloon: poytreye → Middle English: pultrieEnglish: poultryScots: pootry, poutrieYola: pultry ⇒ Old French: pouletier→ Middle English: pulterEnglish: poulter, poulterer Norman: poulet Walloon: poyete