pollastre

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pullaster, from pullus (“chicken”) + -aster (“wannabe”). Compare Occitan polastre.

Pronunciation

Noun

pollastre m (plural pollastres)

  1. male chicken, specially when young
  2. chicken meat
    Si el diumenge sobrava pollastre rostit, el dilluns o el dimarts per sopar croquetes de pollastre rostit.
    If there was leftover roast chicken on Sunday, then for supper Monday or Tuesday roast chicken croquettes.

Descendants

  • → Spanish: pollastre

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /polˈla.stre/
  • Rhymes: -astre
  • Hyphenation: pol‧là‧stre

Noun

pollastre f

  1. plural of pollastra

Anagrams

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan pollastre, from Latin pullastrum.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝastɾe/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /poˈʎastɾe/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃastɾe/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒastɾe/

  • Rhymes: -astɾe
  • Syllabification: po‧llas‧tre

Noun

pollastre m (plural pollastres)

  1. young chicken
  2. whippersnapper

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