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Definition von fowl

Häufigkeit

fowl

(faʊl )

Wortformen: plural fowls , plural fowl

zählbares Substantiv

A fowl is a bird, especially one that can be eaten as food, such as a duck or a chicken.

Carve the fowl into 8 pieces.

...ducks and many other animals and fowl.

Synonyme: poultry Weitere Synonyme von fowl

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Häufigkeit

fowl in British English

(faʊl )

Substantiv

1. See domestic fowl

2.

any other bird, esp any gallinaceous bird, that is used as food or hunted as game

See also waterfowl, wildfowl

3.

the flesh or meat of fowl, esp of chicken

4. an archaic word for any bird

Verb

5. (intransitive)

to hunt or snare wildfowl

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Wortherkunft von fowl

Old English fugol; related to Old Frisian fugel, Old Norse fogl, Gothic fugls, Old High German fogal

Häufigkeit

fowl in American English

(faʊl )

SubstantivWortformen: plural fowls or fowl

1.

any bird

now only in combination

wildfowl

2.

any of various domestic birds used as food

; specif.,

a.

the chicken

b.

the duck, goose, turkey, etc.

c.

a full-grown chicken, as distinguished from a springer, etc.

3.

the flesh of any of these birds used for food

Verb intransitiv

4.

to catch, trap, hunt, or shoot wild birds for food or sport

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fowler (ˈfowler)

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fowling (ˈfowling)

Substantiv

Wortherkunft von fowl

ME foule, foghel < OE fugol, akin to Ger vogel, bird < Gmc *fuglaz, altered by dissimulation < *fluglaz < *flug-, *fleug- < IE *pleuk- > fly1

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Will he prove neither upfield fish nor midfield fowl?But the trouble with this series is that it is neither fish nor fowl.Some might call that fowl play.It is neither fish nor fowl.Instead of fish and fowl, he simply saw larger fish.And if she wants to wed in white she'd need a fish or fowl frock.When Rhodry tried a bite it tasted of meat, not fowl.I eat fish and fowl.The creature that incurred the congestion charge in Central London yesterday was neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring.We should recognise it as the noble jungle fowl that, in the deepest recesses of its genetic code, it still is.

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related adjectives, male animals, female animals

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Britisches Englisch: fowl NOUN /faʊl/

A fowl is a bird, especially one that can be eaten as food, such as a duck or a chicken.

Carve the fowl into 8 pieces.

Amerikanisches Englisch: fowl /ˈfaʊl/
Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: ave (doméstica)
Chinesisch: 家禽
Europäisches Spanisch: ave de corral
Französisch: volaille
Deutsch: Geflügel
Italienisch: volatile
Japanisch: 家禽
Koreanisch: 가금
Europäisches Portugiesisch: ave (doméstica)
Spanisch: ave de corral
Thai: สัตว์ปีก

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