poultry

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English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒltɹi/, /ˈpəʊltɹi/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊltɹi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʉltɹi/
• Homophone: paltry (UK)

Noun

poultry (usually uncountable, plural poultries)

1. Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).

   Hyponyms: chicken, hen, rooster, pullet, chick; duck, duckling; turkey, gobbler; goose, gander, gosling

3. The meat from a domestic fowl.

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Further reading

• poultry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• poultry farming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia