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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

poulette

English translation:

pullet

Added to glossary by Enza Longo
Jun 18, 2008 13:04
16 yrs ago
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French term

poulette

French to English Other Cooking / Culinary
The dictionary translates this as a "small hen" but is there another more "culinary" term?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 pullet
4 +2 spring chicken
5 young chicken
3 poussin
Change log

Jun 18, 2008 15:17: Enza Longo Created KOG entry

Discussion

jambo (asker) Jun 18, 2008:
l'animal

Thanks everybody for your help
Jambo
sophieb Jun 18, 2008:
Bonjour, plus de contexte serait bienvenu. s'agit-il de l'animal ou de la sauce ?

Proposed translations

+2
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pullet

pullet - Definitions from Dictionary.com
1362, "young fowl," from Anglo-Fr. pullet, O.Fr. poulette, dim. of poule "hen," from V.L. *pulla, fem. of L. pullus "young animal, young fowl. ...
dictionary.reference.com/browse/pullet - 46k - Cached - Similar pages
Poulette Sauce
Poulette Sauce recipe. ... Comments: • Poulette means Pullet... • Others sauces are available in the Sauces page. Poulette Sauce. Cost, Serving ...
www.cooking2000.com/us/sauce/uspoulette.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
Translation poulette in French-English dictionary
poulette nf (=jeune poule) pullet. Collaborative Dictionary ? New user: Sign up Existing user: Login. "Collins English French Electronic Dictionary ...
dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/poulette - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
agree Tony M
35 mins
Thanks, Tony!
agree Lionel CHEVALIER : good job
1 hr
Cheeers, Lionel!
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41 mins

poussin

I've never heard of "spring chicken" used except in the "no spring chicken" sense, so I'd avoid putting it on a top quality menu. "Poussin" is what they sell over here, but are you sure it isn't "sauce poulette", as sophieb says? Sounds strange to me...
Peer comment(s):
disagree Tony M : 'poussin' is strictly speaking slightly different / As I understand it, even as used in EN, it is a baby chicken, i.e. younger still than a pullet
1 min
how?
agree writeaway : http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=n0m46biu3ecC&pg=PA193&lpg...
27 mins
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+2
13 mins

spring chicken

A "chicken for eating whilst it is still young"

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-06-18 14:10:53 GMT)
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I agree that if this is in reference to the sauce then "spring chicken" wouldn't fit the context. If however, the "poulette" is being served as a dish on the menu I'd use "spring chicken" as this distinguishes it as a delicacy.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/30/messages/1168.ht...
"The figurative meaning comes from the literal meaning: a young chicken, having tender meat. Some restaurant menus describe an offering as spring chicken to convince customers that the bird was slaughtered at the peak of perfection"
Reference:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spring_chicken

Peer comment(s):
agree NancyLynn : for a menu, definitely
10 mins
agree Angeliki Papadopoulou
22 mins
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2 hrs

young chicken

just google it
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