Definition of 'fowl'
Word forms: plural fowls
, plural fowl
countable noun
Synonyms: poultry More Synonyms of fowl
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fowl in British English
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Word origin
Old English fugol; related to Old Frisian fugel, Old Norse fogl, Gothic fugls, Old High German fogalWord Frequency
fowl in American English
nounWord forms: 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
c.
a full-grown chicken, as distinguished from a springer, etc.
3.
the flesh of any of these birds used for food
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Derived forms
fowler (ˈfowler)
noun
fowling (ˈfowling)
noun
Word origin
ME foule, foghel < OE fugol, akin to Ger vogel, bird < Gmc *fuglaz, altered by dissimulation < *fluglaz < *flug-, *fleug- < IE *pleuk- > fly1Examples of 'fowl' in a sentence
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British English: 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.
- American English: fowl /ˈfaʊl/
- Brazilian Portuguese: ave (doméstica)
- Chinese: 家禽
- European Spanish: ave de corral
- French: volaille
- German: Geflügel
- Italian: volatile
- Japanese: 家禽
- Korean: 가금
- European Portuguese: ave (doméstica)
- Latin American Spanish: ave de corral
- Thai: สัตว์ปีก
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