poultry
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
- The meat from a domestic fowl.
Pronunciation
/ˈpɒltɹi/
/ˈpəʊltɹi/
/ˈpoʊltɹi/
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/ˈpɔltɹi/
/ˈpəʉltɹi/
Word forms
poultry
poultries
Etymology
From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”). By surface analysis, poult + -ry.
For the development of Middle English /u/ to modern /oʊ/, /əʊ/ before /lt/, /ld/, /ln/, compare boult, boulder, colter/coulter, poultice, shoulder, won't.
Translations
Arabic: دَجَاج
Arabic: دَوَاجِن
Arabic: دواجن
Arabic: دجاج
Armenian: ընտանի թռչուններ
Armenian: թռչնամիս
Bashkir: ҡош-ҡорт
Belarusian: сво́йская пту́шка
Bulgarian: птица
Bulgarian: дома́шна пти́ца
Catalan: aviram
Catalan: volateria
Chinese Mandarin: 家禽
Chinese Mandarin: 禽肉
Czech: drůbež
Danish: fjerkræ
Dutch: pluimvee
Dutch: gevogelte
Esperanto: kortobirdo
Esperanto: kortobirdaro
Esperanto: birdaĵo
Esperanto: kortobirdaĵo
Finnish: siipikarja
Finnish: lintu
Finnish: linnunliha
French: volaille
French: volailles
French: basse-cour
German: Geflügel
Greek: πουλερικά
Greek: πουλερικό
Hungarian: baromfi
Indonesian: unggas
Indonesian: daging unggas
Irish: éanlaith
Italian: pollame
Japanese: 家禽
Japanese: 家禽類
Korean: 가금
Macedonian: живина
Malay: unggas domestik
Malay: poltri
Norman: volaille
Norwegian Bokmål: fjærfe
Norwegian Bokmål: fjørfe
Norwegian Nynorsk: fjørfe
Pannonian Rusyn: дробизґ
Pannonian Rusyn: живина
Persian: ماکیان
Polish: drób
Portuguese: ave doméstica
Portuguese: ave de capoeira
Portuguese: ave de corte
Portuguese: carne de ave
Russian: дома́шняя пти́ца
Russian: мя́со пти́цы
Serbo-Croatian: живина
Serbo-Croatian: перад
Serbo-Croatian: živina
Serbo-Croatian: perad
Slovak: hydina
Slovene: perutnina
Lower Sorbian: pjerina
Spanish: ave de corral
Spanish: pollería
Swedish: fjäderfä
Turkish: kümes hayvanları
Ukrainian: сві́йський птах
Ukrainian: сві́йська пти́ця
Volapük: bödem
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