pule
English
Etymology 1
From French piauler, a variant of French piailler (“to chirp, cheep”). Compare Italian pigolare (“to cheep as a chicken”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjuːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /pjʉl/
- Rhymes: -uːl
Noun
pule (plural pules)
Verb
pule (third-person singular simple present pules, present participle puling, simple past and past participle puled)
- (intransitive) To whimper or whine.
- Although the elderly man felt mounting pain from his illness, he never complained or puled.
- (intransitive) To pipe or chirp.
Translations
Derived terms
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “pule”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuːleɪ/
Noun
pule (uncountable)
Anagrams
Albanian
Noun
pule
- indefinite dative/ablative singular of pulë
Danish
Etymology
From dialectal Swedish pula (“have sex with”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puːlə/, [ˈpʰuːlə]
Verb
pule (imperative pul, infinitive at pule, present tense puler, past tense pulede, perfect tense har pulet)
Galician
Verb
pule
- second-person singular imperative of pulir
- inflection of pular:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
pule
- inflection of pulen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Hawaiian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpu.le/
Noun
pule
Verb
pule
- (transitive) to pray
Derived terms
References
- pule in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpu.le/
- Rhymes: -ule
- Hyphenation: pù‧le
Noun
pule m
- plural of pula
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
pule
- alternative form of pilwe
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
pule (present tense puler, past tense pulte, past participle pult)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
pule (present tense puler, past tense pulte, past participle pult, passive infinitive pulast, present participle pulande, imperative pul)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpu.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpu.le/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpu.lɨ/
- Hyphenation: pu‧le
Verb
pule
- inflection of pular:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
- inflection of polir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpu.le]
Noun
pule
- plural of pulă
Usage notes
Although the plural form pule is that which would be found in a dictionary, puli and the other forms based on this plural form are more common.
Synonyms
Samoan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *pule, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliq.
Noun
pule
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpule/ [ˈpu.le]
- Rhymes: -ule
- Syllabification: pu‧le
Verb
pule
- inflection of pulir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Tongan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu.le/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *pule, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliq.
Noun
pule
- cowrie shell
Etymology 2
Noun
pule
Volapük
Noun
pule
- dative singular of pul