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pui¹

  • /puj/

Rhymes with -uj

Where it comes from

Inherited from Latin pullus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, or alternatively formed from the plural of an original Romanian form *pul. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Spanish pollo and Italian pollo.

noun pui · puiul · puii

  1. masculine chicken
  2. masculine chick
  3. masculine cub, youngling, nestling, whelp, young of an animal, or less commonly of people
  4. masculine darling, dear

pui²

  • /puj/

Rhymes with -uj

verb пуй

  1. indicative, present, second person, singular, subjunctive second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pune

Pui³

Where it comes from

From pui.

proper noun lui Pui

  1. masculine a commune of Hunedoara County, Romania
  2. masculine a village in Pui, Hunedoara County, Romania
  3. masculine a surname

In English

  • baby young animal
  • young offspring
  • chicken bird
  • calf young deer, elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals)
  • chick young bird
  • cub the young of certain animals

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"pui." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/pui. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pui. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pui

Chicago

"pui." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pui.

BibTeX
@misc{pui_2026,
  title = {pui},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pui},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}