poultry
Domestic fowl raised for foodDomestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
» I don't eat poultry.
Я не ем птицу.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
a poultry farmer
Geflügel
дома́шняя пти́цаdomášnjaja ptíca
сві́йський птахsvíjsʹkyj ptax, сві́йська пти́цяsvíjsʹka ptýcja
flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
(uncountable, usually)The meat from a domestic fowl.
the poultry counter
Geflügel
мя́со пти́цыmjáso ptícy
Examples
18 sentencesI don't eat poultry.
ruЯ не ем птицу.
He keeps a small poultry yard.
ruОн содержит небольшой птичий двор.
At home, we don't eat poultry.
deZu Hause aßen wir kein Geflügel.
I fed the pigs and poultry.
Many people raise poultry in their backyards.
deViele Leute züchten in ihren Hinterhöfen Geflügel.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of pouleFrom Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”). By surface analysis, poult + -ry.
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Forms
plural: poultries| Singular | poultry |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl:domestic fowlfowl
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable