Foreign-language help, please!

Eveningsdawn · Nov 11, 2005

I'm an English speaker who is fairly fluent in French.

But I have a problem.

I'd love to know how to spell the following name for a cat. Roughly translated into English, it means 'Fluffy' or 'Fuzzy'. It sounds like pwah-loo, as close as I can transcribe it. My memory insists it is spelled Poilu(e). The dictionary disagrees.

Help?

JohnJStephens · Nov 11, 2005

The dictionary disagrees.

Er... get a new dictionary? Dunno if it's a common name for a cat, though. Fluffy is fluffy, but I've never heard of a cat called HAIRY

katiemac · Nov 11, 2005

Like John, I have "poilu(e)" as meaning "hairy."

Fuzzy: Flou(e)

Furry: Peluche

Fluffy: Pelucheux(se)

???

Sarita · Nov 11, 2005

I have a friend whose cat is named Peluche. I always assumed it meant fluffy...

Eveningsdawn · Nov 12, 2005

Well, at least it's a word. It was a very hairy cat.

rmjrenneboog · Nov 24, 2005

Bonjour 'eveningsdawn' -

Je pense que vous pouver utiliser le nom 'Velu' pour votre chat poilu. C'est a dire en anglais "fuzzy" .

Eveningsdawn · Nov 25, 2005

Ah, c'est possible. C'est un beau nom pour un chat. Merci mille fois!

Foreign-language help, please!

Eveningsdawn

Just Sing.

JohnJStephens

katiemac

Five by Five

Sarita

carpe noctem

Eveningsdawn

Just Sing.

rmjrenneboog

Eveningsdawn

Just Sing.