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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

家禽

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiāqín

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Poultry/ˈpoʊl.tri/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #3400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个农场主要养殖家禽。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Domesticated fowl kept for their eggs or meat, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

    "The farmer raises both cattle and poultry on his land."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'pultrie', originating from Old French 'pouletrie', which is based on 'poulet' (chicken), ultimately tracing back to Latin 'pullus' (young animal or fowl). The term has historically denoted domestic fowl kept for their eggs or meat, maintaining this primary semantic reference across centuries.

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