poodle

See also: POODLE

English

Poodles at a Chelsea restaurant in New York City

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”).

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

   • 2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 2:

     Unnamed Vato 1: Maybe I do have more issues than a magazine stand, but all those magazines are puro fancy. I never wanted to be a vato. I just want to groom and train poodles.
     Mocho: I secretly groom and train poodles.
     Chalaza: Are you guys messing with me? Whenever you turn your back, I secretly groom and train poodles. Watch. Turn your back. I'm doing it. I'm doing it!
     Unnamed Vato 1: I can't see. My back is turned.

2. (figuratively) A person servile towards someone whom they consider their superior.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:loyal follower

Derived terms

• empoodled
• miniature poodle
• poodle cloth
• poodle cloth
• poodle-faker
• poodle-faker
• poodlelike
• poodle shooter
• poodle shooter
• poodle skirt
• 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

• Arabic: كَانِيش m (kānīš)
• 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: caniche m, 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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Further reading

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

Anagrams

• looped, pooled

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English poodle.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.dow/ [ˈpu.doʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.dɐl/ [ˈpu.ðɐɫ]

Noun

poodle m (plural poodles)

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

   Synonym: caniche