poultry

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
2. (uncountable, usually) The meat from a domestic fowl.

Synonyms

fowl

chicken

🐔

domestic fowl

bird

🐦

domestic fowls

fowls

life

bird meat

pullets

higgler

living creatures

domesticated birds

birds

Translations

volaille

Geflügel

pollame

πουλερικά

ave de corral

aviram

gevogelte

πουλερικό

aves de corral

pollería

carne de ave

aves de capoeira

pluimvee

ave doméstica

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɒltɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pultrie

In summary

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.