Meanings
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nouna domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpullus“chick”
- Old Frenchpouleterie
- Middle Englishpultrie
- Englishpoultry
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.
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Arabic دَجَاج, دَوَاجِن
- دَجَاج (dajāj)domestic fowl
- دَوَاجِن (dawājin)domestic fowl
Bulgarian птица, дома́шна пти́ца
- птица (ptica)domestic fowl
- дома́шна пти́ца (domášna ptíca)domestic fowl
Catalan aviram, volateria
- aviramdomestic fowl
- volateriadomestic fowl
- aviramfowl meat
Chinese Mandarin 家禽, 禽肉
- 家禽 (jiāqín)domestic fowl
- 禽肉 (qínròu)fowl meat
Czech drůbež
- drůbeždomestic fowl
Danish fjerkræ, fjerkræ
- fjerkrædomestic fowl
- fjerkræfowl meat
Dutch pluimvee, pluimvee
- pluimveedomestic fowl
- pluimveefowl meat
- gevogeltefowl meat
Esperanto kortobirdo, kortobirdaro
- kortobirdodomestic fowl
- kortobirdarodomestic fowl
- birdaĵofowl meat
- kortobirdaĵofowl meat
Finnish siipikarja, lintu
- siipikarjadomestic fowl
- lintufowl meat
- linnunlihafowl meat
French volaille, volailles
- volailledomestic fowl
- volaillesdomestic fowl
- basse-courdomestic fowl
German Geflügel, Geflügel
- Geflügeldomestic fowl
- Geflügelfowl meat
Greek πουλερικά, πουλερικό
- πουλερικά (pouleriká)domestic fowl
- πουλερικό (poulerikó)fowl meat
Hebrew עוֹף
- עוֹףfowl meat
Hungarian baromfi
- baromfidomestic fowl
Indonesian unggas, daging unggas
- unggasdomestic fowl
- daging unggasfowl meat
Irish éanlaith
- éanlaithdomestic fowl
Italian pollame
- pollamedomestic fowl
Japanese 家禽, 家禽類
- 家禽 (kakin)domestic fowl
- 家禽類 (kakin-rui)domestic fowl
- 家禽 (kakin)fowl meat
- 家禽類 (kakin-rui)fowl meat
Korean 가금
- 가금 (gageum)domestic fowl
Malay unggas domestik, poltri
- unggas domestikdomestic fowl
- poltridomestic fowl
Māori kikomanu
- kikomanufowl meat
Norwegian Bokmål fjærfe, fjørfe
- fjærfedomestic fowl
- fjørfedomestic fowl
Persian ماکیان
- ماکیان (mâkiyân)domestic fowl
Polish drób, drób
- dróbdomestic fowl
- dróbfowl meat
Portuguese ave doméstica, ave de capoeira
- ave domésticadomestic fowl
- ave de capoeiradomestic fowl
- ave de cortedomestic fowl
- carne de avefowl meat
Russian дома́шняя пти́ца, мя́со пти́цы
- дома́шняя пти́ца (domášnjaja ptíca)domestic fowl
- мя́со пти́цы (mjáso ptícy)fowl meat
Slovak hydina
- hydinadomestic fowl
Spanish ave de corral, carne aviar/aviaria/aviana
- ave de corraldomestic fowl
- carne aviar/aviaria/avianafowl meat
Swedish fjäderfä
- fjäderfädomestic fowl
Turkish kümes hayvanları
- kümes hayvanlarıdomestic fowl
Ukrainian сві́йський птах, сві́йська пти́ця
- сві́йський птах (svíjsʹkyj ptax)domestic fowl
- сві́йська пти́ця (svíjsʹka ptýcja)domestic fowl
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Cite this entry
poultry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poultry
“poultry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poultry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poultry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poultry.
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