pollastro

Italian

Etymology

Masculine form of pollastra from Late Latin pullastra, from Latin pullus (“chick, chicken”) + -aster, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Sicilian puddastra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /polˈla.stro/
Rhymes: -astro
Hyphenation: pol‧là‧stro

Noun

pollastro m (plural pollastri, feminine pollastra)

cockerel

Related terms

Further reading

pollastro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
pollastro in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
pollastro in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
pollàstro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
pollastro in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
pollastro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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