poodle

poodle

See also: POODLE

English

Etymology

From German Pudel, a shortened form of Pudelhund, a compound of Hund (“dog”) and the German Low German term Pudel, Pūdel (“puddle”), from the onomatopoeic term pudeln (“to splash about”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.dəl/

• Audio (southern England)

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• Rhymes: -uːdəl

Noun

poodle (plural poodles)

1. A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.

   Synonym: (formal, before 20th century) Canis aviarius aquaticus

2. (figuratively) A person servile towards someone whom he or she considers his or her superior.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:loyal follower

Derived terms

• miniature poodle
• poodle cloth
• poodle-faker
• poodlelike
• poodle shooter
• poodle skirt
• standard poodle
• toy poodle

 

Poodle crossbreeds

• Aussiedoodle
• Cavapoo
• Cavoodle
• choodle
• cockapoo
• corgipoo
• Goldendoodle
• Labradoodle
• maltipoo
• peekapoo
• Pomapoo
• poogle
• Schnoodle
• shihpoo
• spoodle
• Westiepoo
• whoodle
• Yorkipoo

 

Translations

any of various breeds of poodle

Bulgarian: пудел (bg) m (pudel) Catalan: canitx m Chinese: Mandarin: 貴賓犬／贵宾犬 (zh) (guìbīn quǎn), 貴婦犬／贵妇犬 (zh) (guìfù quǎn) Czech: pudl (cs) m Danish: puddel c, puddelhund c Dutch: poedel (nl) m Esperanto: pudelo Faroese: puddilhundur m Finnish: villakoira (fi), puudeli (fi) French: caniche (fr) m Galician: caniche m Georgian: პუდელი (ṗudeli) German: Pudel (de) m Greek: κανίς (el) m (kanís) Hebrew: פודל‎ (he) m (pudl) Hindi: पूडल m (pūḍal) Hungarian: uszkár (hu), pudli (hu) Icelandic: púðluhundur m, púðli m Indonesian: pudel (id) Irish: púdal m Italian: barbone (it), barboncino m Japanese: プードル (pūdoru) Korean: 푸들 (ko) (pudeul) Latvian: pūdels m Lithuanian: pudelis m Luxembourgish: Pudel m Macedonian: пудла f (pudla) Malay: pudel Norwegian: Bokmål: puddel (no) m Nynorsk: puddel m Persian: پودل‎ (pudel) Polish: pudel (pl) m Portuguese: poodle m Romanian: pudel (ro) Russian: пу́дель (ru) m (púdelʹ) Serbo-Croatian: pudl (sh) m, pudla (sh) f, пудла f Slovak: pudel (sk) m Slovene: pudelj m Spanish: caniche (es) m Swedish: pudel (sv) c Tamil: பூடில் (pūṭil) Thai: พูเดิล (phudoen) Turkish: kaniş (tr) Ukrainian: пудель m (pudelʹ) Welsh: pwdl m

See also

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References

1. duden Online: Pudel, Duden Online: pudeln
2. Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

• poodle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Poodles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• looped, pooled

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English poodle.

Noun

poodle m or f by sense (plural poodles)

1. poodle (breed of dog with a heavy, curly fur)