poultry

See also Poultry

English

Etymology

From French poulet ("chicken", as in dish), from Latin pullus ("chick")

Pronunciation

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Noun

poultry (uncountable)

1. domestic fowl (chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs)
2. the meat from a domestic fowl

Related terms

• poulter
• poulterer

Translations

bird(s)

Czech: drůbež (cs) f. Finnish: siipikarja (fi) French: (collective) volaille (fr) f., volailles (fr) f. pl. German: Geflügel (de) n. Greek: πουλερικό (el) n. Japanese: 家禽 (ja) (kakin); (category or group) 家禽類 (ja) (kakin-rui)

Macedonian: живина (mk) (žívina) f. Polish: drób (pl) m. Slovene: perutnina (sl) f. Spanish: aves de corral Swedish: fjäderfä (sv) n. Volapük: (collective) bödem (vo)

meat

Danish: fjerkræ (da) n. Finnish: lintu, linnunliha German: Geflügel (de) n. Greek: πουλερικό (el) n. Japanese: 家禽 (ja) (kakin); (category or group) 家禽類 (ja) (kakin-rui)

Macedonian: живина (mk) (žívina) f. Polish: drób (pl) m. Slovene: perutnina (sl) f. Spanish: carne de ave, pollería

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French: volaille Latin: aves altiles Vietnamese: gà vẹt, chim nuôi, qué