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Italian
Etymology
Masculine form of pollastra from Late Latin pullastra, from Latin pullus (“chick, chicken”) + -aster, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Sicilian puddastra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /polˈla.stro/
- Rhymes: -astro
- Hyphenation: pol‧là‧stro
Noun
pollastro m (plural pollastri, feminine pollastra)
- cockerel
Further reading
- pollastro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- pollastro in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- pollastro in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- pollàstro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- pollastro in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- pollastro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana