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Showing words for POILU using the English dictionary
5 Letter Words for Poilu
poilu
4 Letter Words for Poilu
loup, poil, puli
3 Letter Words for Poilu
ilo, iou, ipl, ipo, lip, lop, luo, oil, olp, oui, oup, pil, piu, pli, plu, poi, pol, pul, upo
Definitions for Poilu
[1] a French common soldier.
[2] an infantryman in the French Army, esp one in the front lines in World War I
Words nearby Poilu
poikilotherm, poikilothermia, poikilothermic, poikilothermism, poil, poilu, poimenics, poincaré, poincaré conjecture, poinciana, poind
Origin of Poilu
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 )
Word origin for Poilu
C20: from French, literally: hairy (that is, virile), from poil hair, from Latin pilus a hair