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Boule vs Poule - What's the difference?

boule | poule |

As nouns the difference between boule and poule

is that boule is one of the bowls used in the French game of boules while poule is a girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.

boule

English

(wikipedia boule)

Etymology 1

(etyl) boule

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
  • A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
  • A round loaf of bread.
  • (woodworking) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
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  • Etymology 2

    Alteration of (Boulle). See buhl.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
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    poule

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) poule.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
  • * 2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 369:
  • *:‘Where are the Delages taking you?’ ‘Dinner at…somewhere terribly smart. They'll pretend I'm a poule they picked up in the street.’
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in various senses)
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