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- [pwah-loo; French pwa-ly]
- /ˈpwɑ lu; French pwaˈlü/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pwah-loo; French pwa-ly]
- /ˈpwɑ lu; French pwaˈlü/
Definitions of poilu word
- noun plural poilu a French common soldier. 1
- noun poilu an infantryman in the French Army, esp one in the front lines in World War I 0
- noun poilu a soldier in the French army 0
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Origin of poilu
First appearance:
before 1910 One of the 15% newest English words
1910-15; < French, in earlier slang: tough individual, tough, brave, literally, hairy, haired; Middle French, Old French pelu (cf. plew) < Vulgar Latin *pilūtus, equivalent to Latin pil(us) hair + Vulgar Latin *-ūtus, for Latin -ātus -ate1 (e > oi by influence of poil hair < Latin pilus)
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Parts of speech for Poilu
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
poilu popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.