Meaning

3 senses
  1. A young hen, especially one less than a year old.

    Hühnchen

    моло́дкаmolódka, ку́рочкаkúročka

    young hen usually less than a year old

  2. (slang)A spineless person; a coward.

  3. (obsolete, slang)A girl or young woman.

Translations

7 languages
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Origin

From Middle English polet, pulet, from Anglo-Norman pullet, Old French poulet (“young chic

From Middle English polet, pulet, from Anglo-Norman pullet, Old French poulet (“young chicken”); polette (“young hen”), from poule (“hen”), from Vulgar Latin pulla, feminine form of pullus. Doublet of poult. Compare also Middle English pulle. By surface analysis, pull(us) + -et.

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Forms

plural: pullets
Singularpullet
Pluralpullets

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying:fryerfrier

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pullet — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto