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Italian
Etymology
From pollo + -aio, or from Late Latin pullārium,[1] from Latin pullārius (“pertaining to young animals or chicks”), from pullus (“young animal, chick”). Compare also pollario.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /polˈla.jo/
- Rhymes: -ajo
- Hyphenation: pol‧là‧io
Noun
pollaio m (plural pollai)
- henhouse, chicken coop, chicken run, roost
References
- ^ pollaio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Further reading
- pollaio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- pollaio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- pollàio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- pollàio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana