poedel
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpu.dəl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: poe‧del
- Rhymes: -udəl
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Pudel. Cognate with English poodle.
Noun
poedel m (plural poedels, diminutive poedeltje n)
- poodle (dog breed)
- Poedels zijn van oorsprong jachthonden.
- Poodles were originally used as hunting dogs.
Derived terms
- labradoedel
- poedelnaakt (literally, 'naked as a poodle', starkers, from the fashion of shaving most of a poodle's fur)
Etymology 2
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Noun
poedel m (plural poedels, diminutive poedeltje n)