Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pule

/ˈpuːleɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: pule
IPA: /ˈpuːleɪ/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plaintive melancholy whine.

verb

To whimper or whine.

Intransitive verb

verb

To pipe or chirp.

Intransitive verb

verb

To fall in a continuous, light dribble.

noun

A Serbian cheese made from donkey milk.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Although the elderly man felt mounting pain from his illness, he never complained or puled."
"... rain-drops over the puling baby she carried in her arms;[…]"
"... rain took even less time since fronts rolled through about every forty-eight hours. The first two opportunities he didn't even bother to check out since the low pressure systems had been puling little pissers[,] dropping spotty rainfall[,][…]"
"... rain fell, not merely spilling from the clouds, but pitched down to beat the earth. Broad leaves of the multitude of banana trees thundered from the force. He almost longed for the puling rain of England instead of this assault[…]"
"... looked at the puling sky, face upturned to a mirr of rain."

Etymology

From French piauler, a variant of French piailler (“to chirp, cheep”). Compare Italian pigolare (“to cheep as a chicken”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: piauler

Usage

Inflected Forms

pules (plural) pules (present, singular) puling (participle, present) puled (participle, past) puled (past)

Derived Forms

puler pulingly

Synonyms

wail whimper mewl

Rhymes With

school you'll cool rule fuel pool tool fool cruel adverse interest rule jewel stool

Questions

How do you pronounce pule?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpuːleɪ/.
What does pule mean?: A plaintive melancholy whine.
Where does pule come from?: It is traced to French.

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