English word origin

Etymology of pule

From French piauler, a variant of French piailler (“to chirp, cheep”). Compare Italian pigolare (“to cheep as a chicken”).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

noun

A plaintive melancholy whine.

verb

To whimper or whine. · To pipe or chirp. · To fall in a continuous, light dribble.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From French piauler, a variant of French piailler (“to chirp, cheep”). Compare Italian pigolare (“to cheep as a chicken”).

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionpiaulerfr
Cognate mentionpiaillerfr · to chirp, cheep
Cognate mentionpigolareit · to cheep as a chicken

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

noun

A Serbian cheese made from donkey milk.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian pule /пуле.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Unadapted borrowing mentionpule//пулеsh

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