"chicken (meat)" in seven languages
Meaningchicken (meat)
Spanish
pollo
/ˈpoʝo/
masc.inherited
French
poulet
/pulɛ/
masc.inherited
A diminutive of poule 'hen'.
Italian
pollo
/ˈpollo/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
frango
/ˈfɾɐ̃gu/
masc.other source · of uncertain origin
Romanian
pui
/puj/
masc.inherited
Catalan
pollastre
/puˈʎastɾə/
masc.inherited
Built on PULLUM with the suffix -astre (Latin -ASTER).
English
chicken
/ˈtʃɪkən/
native English · Old English cicen
English → Italianchicken (meat)polloNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: pullet, poultry.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PULLUM‘young animal, chick’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian spell it identically, but Spanish ll is a single palatal sound (ʝ for most speakers) while Italian says a real double l.
English relatives: pullet, poultry
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In a sentence
- esPollo asado con patatas.
- frDu poulet rôti avec des pommes de terre.
- itPollo arrosto con patate.
- ptFrango assado com batatas.
- roPui la cuptor cu cartofi.
- caPollastre rostit amb patates.
- enRoast chicken with potatoes.