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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”).
For the development of Middle English /u/ to modern /oʊ/, /əʊ/ before /lt/, /ld/, /ln/, compare boult, boulder, colter/coulter, poultice, shoulder, won't.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US): (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒltɹi/, /ˈpəʊltɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊltɹi/
- Homophone: paltry (UK)
Noun[edit]
poultry (usually uncountable, plural poultries)
- Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs).
- a poultry farmer
- The meat from a domestic fowl.
- the poultry counter
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
domestic fowl
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fowl meat
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References[edit]
- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.33, page 290.
Further reading[edit]
- poultry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- poultry farming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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