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
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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒltɹi/, /ˈpəʊltɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊltɹi/
  • Homophone: paltry (UK)

Noun

poultry (usually uncountable, plural poultries)

  1. Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs).
    a poultry farmer
  2. The meat from a domestic fowl.
    the poultry counter

Derived terms

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

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