Poussin is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Poussin in a sentence
Poussin meaning
- A chicken reared to be eaten at a few weeks of age.
- A Cornish game hen.
Synonyms of Poussin
Using Poussin
- The main meaning on this page is: A chicken reared to be eaten at a few weeks of age. | A Cornish game hen.
- Useful related words include: nicolas poussin, old master.
- In the example corpus, poussin often appears in combinations such as: of poussin.
Context around Poussin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Poussin
- In this selection, "poussin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, piero stand out and add context to how "poussin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appears in poussin s 1637 and la vallée poussin are long. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "poussin" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with poussin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The tradition of placing a tomb in a pastoral idyll can be traced to Vergil's Eclogues, while the phrase first appears in Poussin's 1637 painting. (27 words)
Sophia and the windows at Chartres, Mexican sculpture, a Persian bowl, Chinese carpets, Giotto's frescoes at Padua, and the masterpieces of Poussin, Piero della Francesca, and Cezanne? (28 words)
The theorem was proved independently by Jacques Hadamard and Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin in 1896 using ideas introduced by Bernhard Riemann (in particular, the Riemann zeta function ). (29 words)
In an earlier painting by Poussin from 1630 (now housed at the Dublin National Gallery ) the couple are among several embracing figures in the foreground, shielded from view of Polyphemus, who is playing his flute higher up the slope. (39 words)
It was in the age of absolute monarchy launched by Louix XIV in the 17th century that the likes of Poussin and Le Brun put France in the forefront of European art. (32 words)
While the original proofs of Hadamard and de la Vallée-Poussin are long and elaborate, later proofs introduced various simplifications through the use of Tauberian theorems but remained difficult to digest. (31 words)
Sophia and the windows at Chartres, Mexican sculpture, a Persian bowl, Chinese carpets, Giotto's frescoes at Padua, and the masterpieces of Poussin, Piero della Francesca, and Cezanne? (28 words)
Example sentences (6)
In an earlier painting by Poussin from 1630 (now housed at the Dublin National Gallery ) the couple are among several embracing figures in the foreground, shielded from view of Polyphemus, who is playing his flute higher up the slope.
It was in the age of absolute monarchy launched by Louix XIV in the 17th century that the likes of Poussin and Le Brun put France in the forefront of European art.
Sophia and the windows at Chartres, Mexican sculpture, a Persian bowl, Chinese carpets, Giotto's frescoes at Padua, and the masterpieces of Poussin, Piero della Francesca, and Cezanne?
The theorem was proved independently by Jacques Hadamard and Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin in 1896 using ideas introduced by Bernhard Riemann (in particular, the Riemann zeta function ).
The tradition of placing a tomb in a pastoral idyll can be traced to Vergil's Eclogues, while the phrase first appears in Poussin's 1637 painting.
While the original proofs of Hadamard and de la Vallée-Poussin are long and elaborate, later proofs introduced various simplifications through the use of Tauberian theorems but remained difficult to digest.
Common combinations with poussin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of poussin 2×