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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

poulailler

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /pu.lɛ.je/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Poultry farm/ˈpoʊl.tri fɑːrm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il travaille dans un grand poulailler industriel."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    An agricultural enterprise or establishment where domesticated birds such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese are raised commercially for meat or egg production.

    "The local poultry farm supplies fresh eggs to supermarkets throughout the entire region."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'pultrie' (from Old French 'poulet', meaning young chicken, based on Latin 'pullus') combined with the Old English 'feorm' (meaning provision or farm). The compound term emerged in the 19th century with the industrialization of agriculture to specifically designate facilities raising domesticated birds for meat and eggs.

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