poodle

See also: POODLE

English

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]

poodle (plural poodles)

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

poodle crossbreeds

any of various breeds of poodle

Bulgarian: пудел (bg) m (pudel)
Catalan: canitx m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貴賓犬 (zh), 贵宾犬 (zh) (guìbīn quǎn), 貴婦犬 (zh), 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
German: Pudel (de) m
Greek: κανίς (el) m (kanís)
Hebrew: פודל‎ m (pudl)
Hindi: पूडल m (pūḍal)
Hungarian: uszkár (hu), pudli (hu)
Icelandic: púðluhundur m, púðli m
Indonesian: pudel (id)
Irish: púdal m
Italian: barbone, barboncino m
Japanese: プードル (pūdoru)
Korean: 푸들 (ko) (pudeul)

poodle m, f (plural poodles)

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