poultry

See also: Poultry

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.[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (US) (file)
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒltɹi/, /ˈpəʊltɹi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊltɹi/
Homophone: paltry (UK)

Noun

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

poultryman
poultrywoman

Related terms

poult
poulter
poulterer
pullet

Translations

domestic fowl

Arabic: دَجَاج‎ m (dajāj), دَوَاجِن‎ f pl (dawājin)
Egyptian Arabic: دواجن‎ f pl (dawāgen)
Moroccan Arabic: دجاج‎ m (djāj)
Armenian: ընտանի թռչուններ pl (əntani tʿṙčʿunner)
Bashkir: ҡош-ҡорт (qoş-qort)
Belarusian: сво́йская пту́шка f (svójskaja ptúška)
Bulgarian: птица (bg) (ptica), дома́шна пти́ца f (domášna ptíca)
Catalan: aviram (ca) m, volateria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 家禽 (zh) (jiāqín)
Czech: drůbež (cs) f
Danish: fjerkræ (da) n
Dutch: pluimvee (nl) n
Esperanto: kortobirdo, kortobirdaro
Finnish: siipikarja (fi)
French: (collective) volaille (fr) f, volailles (fr) f pl, basse-cour (fr) f
German: Geflügel (de) n
Greek: πουλερικά (el) n pl (pouleriká)
Hungarian: baromfi (hu)
Indonesian: unggas (id)
Irish: éanlaith f
Italian: pollame (it) m
Japanese: 家禽 (ja) (かきん, kakin); (category or group) 家禽類 (かきんるい, kakin-rui)
Korean: 가금(家禽) (gageum)
Macedonian: живина f (živina)
Malay: unggas domestik, poltri
Norman: volaille f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fjærfe n, fjørfe n
Nynorsk: fjørfe n
Persian: ماکیان‎ (fa) (mâkiyân)
Polish: drób (pl) m
Portuguese: ave doméstica f, ave de capoeira f, ave de corte f
Russian: дома́шняя пти́ца f (domášnjaja ptíca)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: живина f, перад f
Roman script: živina (sh) f, perad (sh) f
Slovak: hydina (sk) f
Slovene: perutnina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pjerina f
Spanish: ave de corral f
Swedish: fjäderfä (sv) n
Turkish: kümes hayvanları pl
Ukrainian: сві́йський птах m (svíjsʹkyj ptax), сві́йська пти́ця f (svíjsʹka ptýcja)
Volapük: (collective) bödem (vo)
Walloon: poytreye (wa) f, poyes (wa) f pl

fowl meat

Arabic:
Moroccan Arabic: دجاج‎ m (djāj)
Armenian: թռչնամիս (hy) (tʿṙčʿnamis)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 禽肉 (qínròu)
Danish: fjerkræ (da) n
Dutch: pluimvee (nl) n, gevogelte (nl)
Esperanto: birdaĵo, kortobirdaĵo
Finnish: lintu (fi), linnunliha (fi)
German: Geflügel (de) n
Greek: πουλερικό (el) n (poulerikó)
Hebrew: עוֹף‎ (he) m ('of)
Indonesian: daging unggas
Japanese: 家禽 (ja) (かきん, kakin); (category or group) 家禽類 (かきんるい, kakin-rui)
Macedonian: живина f (živina)
Polish: drób (pl) m
Portuguese: carne de ave f
Russian: мя́со пти́цы n (mjáso ptícy)
Slovene: perutnina (sl) f
Spanish: pollería
Walloon: poye (wa) f, polet m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Latin: ^{(please verify)} aves altiles
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} gà vẹt, ^{(please verify)} chim nuôi, ^{(please verify)} qué (vi)

References

Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.33, page 290.