Noun: poulain
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | poulain |
| Plural m | poulains |
Sample Sentences
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La poulinière a mis bas un beau poulain. (The mare gave birth to a pretty foal.)
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Il affirma que Kadyrov est un poulain de Poutine. (He stated that Kadyrov is Putin's protégé.)
Nouns inflected like poulain
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French poulain, polain (“baby animal”), from a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin pullāmen, from Latin pullus (“animal young”). See: Latin Nouns '
pullus'.
Verbs referencing "poulain"
Middle English Nouns
poleyn, English Nouns
pullen.
Translations