poultry
UK/ˈpɒltɹi//ˈpoʊltɹi/
poultry noun: domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
Noun
poultry (usually uncountable, plural poultries)
poultry meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
poultry in Tamil
- கோழிப்பண்ணை, கோழியின வளர்ப்புப் பறவைகள், வீட்டுப் பறவை இனங்கள், கோழிப் பண்ணை, வளர்க்கும் பறவைகள்
poultry in Urdu
- گھریلو مرغی
poultry in Bengali
- হাঁস, কক্কুটাদি গৃহপালিত পক্ষিসমূহ
poultry in Telugu
- poultry
- కోళ్ళు kōḷḷu
More languagesFewer languages
- poultry in Malayalam
- വളർത്തുന്ന പലതരം കോഴികൾ, ഗൃഹപക്ഷിജാലം, വളർത്തുപക്ഷികൾ
- poultry in Kannada
- ಬೆಳೆಹಕ್ಕಿ
- poultry in Arabic
- دَجَاج dajāj, دَوَاجِن dawājin
- poultry in Malay
- unggas domestik, poltri
- poultry in Indonesian
- unggas, daging unggas
- poultry in Persian
- ماکیان mâkiyân
Examples of poultry in a sentence
- Cut meat and poultry across the grain and into tiny fingertip pieces rather than large chokable chunks.
- Food-grade lubricants are made for meat and poultry and other food-processing equipment.
- Phytogenics, or plant-derived compounds, have been incorporated in livestock and poultry feed to improve productivity.
Forms of poultry
| plural | poultries |
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Origin of poultry
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.
Words formed from poultry
Phrases with poultry
Questions about poultry
- What does poultry mean?
- Poultry means domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
- What is poultry in Tamil?
- Poultry in Tamil is கோழிப்பண்ணை, கோழியின வளர்ப்புப் பறவைகள், வீட்டுப் பறவை இனங்கள். See Poultry meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is poultry?
- Poultry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce poultry?
- Poultry is pronounced /ˈpɒltɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of poultry?
- The plural of poultry is poultries.
Words near poultry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: poultry (page history and authors); poultry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poultry (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poultry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కోళ్ళు (Telugu) (page history and authors); poultry (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poultry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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