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poultry

/ˈpoʊltɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
poul-try
IPA
/ˈpoʊltɹi/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).

Uncountable

noun

The meat from a domestic fowl.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpoʊltɹi/
  • British English: /ˈpɒltɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

poultries (plural)

Derived Forms

nonpoultry poultrydom poultryhouse poultryist poultryless poultrylike poultryman poultrywoman

Phrases

poultry wire

Frequently Paired Words

poult poulter poulterer pullet pullulate

Synonyms

domestic fowl fowl

Homonyms

paltry (some accents)

Rhymes With

moultrie holtry

Questions

How do you pronounce poultry?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpoʊltɹi/.
What does poultry mean?
Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
Where does poultry come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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