poult

Meaning

A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).

Synonyms

chick

partridge

Translations

الحجل

دجاجة صغيرة

perdiu

Huhn

🐔

Rebhuhn

Feldhuhn

πέρδικα

perdrix

perdreau

pernice

starna

kuiken

patrijs

perdiz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɒlt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pult

In summary

From Middle English pult, a variant of pulet, polet, from Old French poulet (“young fowl”), diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pulla. For the development of the stressed vowel, see poultry. Doublet of pullet.