poultry
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poultry
- /ˈpɒltɹi/ UK
- /ˈpəʊltɹi/ UK
- /ˈpoʊltɹi/ Canada, US
- /ˈpɔltɹi/ Australia
- /ˈpəʉltɹi/ Australia
Sounds like paltry (some accents)
Where it comes from
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.
noun poultries
- Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both). a poultry farmer
- The meat from a domestic fowl. the poultry counter
