fowl en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /faʊl/
- (US) audio
- /ˈfaʊ.əl/
- foul
- fou'əl
Etymology
From Middle English foul, foghel, fowel, fowele, from Old English fugol (“bird”), from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, dissimilated variant of *fluglaz (compare Old English flugol ‘fleeing’, Mercian fluglas heofun ‘birds of the air’), from *fleuganą (“to fly”). Cognate with West Frisian fûgel, Low German Vagel, Dutch vogel, German Vogel, Swedish fågel, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk fugl. Doublet of voël. More at fly.
Meanings
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(archaic) Any bird.
And now I take vpon me the aduentures of holy thynges / & now I see and vnderstande that myn old synne hyndereth me and shameth me / so that I had no power to stere nor speke whan the holy blood appiered afore me / So thus he sorowed til hit was day / & herd the fowles synge / thenne somwhat he was comforted
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XIX, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIII:
- A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fowls | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| fowl | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fowl paralysis · Cochin fowl · neither fish, flesh, nor fowl · scrubfowl · game fowl · fowl-lore · fowl-like · neither fish nor fowl · make fish of one and fowl of another · landfowl · fowl grass · guinea fowl · antifowl · fowlish · fowl pest · jungle fowl · gamefowl · fowl bluegrass · guinea-fowl · yardfowl · Spanish fowl · mallee fowl · seafowl · wildfowl · fowlkind · junglefowl · peafowl · moorfowl · frizzle fowl · fowl-run · fowlpox · fowl-house · fowlyard · Dorking fowl · fowlery · helmeted guinea fowl · fowlhouse · rockfowl · wormfowl · fowl meadow grass · waterfowl · fowllike · Philippine fowl disease · spurfowl
Descendants
Hypernyms
bird · vertebrate · animal
Hyponyms
turkey · waterfowl · scoter · bamboo-partridge · gallopheasant · piping-guan · goose · brush-turkey · shelgoose · garganey · canvasback · maleo · hill-partridge · tree-quail · chukar · moundbuilder · bobwhite · dabchick · smew · rosybill · Smaller groups · francolin · shelduck · scrubfowl · peafowl · redhead · quail · magpie-goose · merganser · hardhead · scaup · argus · mallard · teal · curassow · duck · tragopan · Larger groups · wood-partridge · guinea fowl · screamer · spotbill · pintail · snowcock · shoveler · pochard · chicken · pheasant · monal · wigeon · swan · Single species · goldeneye · gadwall · eider · malleefowl · spurfowl · chachalaca · brant · partridge · junglefowl · wood-quail · megapode · guan
Meronyms
Relateds
Synonyms
gamefowl · wildfowl · fowl · poultry
Translations (51)
hu baromfi (bird of the order Galliformes) · ru перна́тая дичь (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · hu szárnyas (bird of the order Galliformes) · nl stuk pluimvee (bird of the order Galliformes) · tr kümes hayvanı (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · kaw pitik (bird of the order Galliformes) · ota مرغ (bird of the order Galliformes) · sk hyd (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · ru дома́шняя пти́ца (bird of the order Galliformes) · jv pitik (bird of the order Galliformes) · de Geflügel (bird of the order Galliformes) · dsb pjerina (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · nap pollo (bird of the order Galliformes) · pt ave de criação/corte (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · tr kümes hayvanı (bird of the order Galliformes) · lt naminis paukštis (bird of the order Galliformes) · ota طاوق (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · de Geflügel (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · hu víziszárnyas (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · vo gok (bird of the order Galliformes) · es ave (bird of the order Galliformes) · pl drób (bird of the order Galliformes) · dsb pjerina (bird of the order Galliformes) · nl gevogelte (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · sk hydina (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · fr volaille (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · fi siipikarja (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · ota طاوق (bird of the order Galliformes) · ota مرغ (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · de Stück Federvieh (bird of the order Galliformes) · fi kanalintu (bird of the order Galliformes) · nb fjærfe (bird of the order Galliformes) · oc volalha (bird of the order Galliformes) · kfa ಕೋಳಿ (bird of the order Galliformes) · fa ماکیان (bird of the order Galliformes) · lv mājputns (bird of the order Galliformes) · mk живина (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · hu szárnyas (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · el πουλερικό (bird of the order Galliformes) · fr volaille (bird of the order Galliformes) · pt galiforme (bird of the order Galliformes) · ga éanlaith (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · is fiðurfé (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · es ave (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · pl ptactwo (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · id ayam (bird of the order Galliformes) · oc polalha (bird of the order Galliformes) · it volatile (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · it pollame (bird of the order Galliformes) · fi riistalintu (birds which are hunted or kept for food) · el πουλερικό (birds which are hunted or kept for food)