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poodle

/ˈpuːdəl/POO-duhl
/ˈpudəl/POO-duhl

Meaningto splash in water

Common meaning: a curly-coated dog

Journey through time

  1. Low Germanpudel-hundsource
  2. Germanpudelsource
  3. Englishpoodle‘a curly-coated dog’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Low German pudel-hund ‘to splash in water’.

Roots

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