pollastre
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin pullaster, from pullus (“chicken”) + -aster (“wannabe”). Compare Occitan polastre.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [puˈʎas.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [poˈʎas.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [poˈʎas.tɾe]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -astɾe
Noun edit
pollastre m (plural pollastres)
- male chicken, specially when young
- chicken meat
- Si el diumenge sobrava pollastre rostit, el dilluns o el dimarts per sopar croquetes de pollastre rostit.
- If there was leftover roast chicken on Sunday, then for supper Monday or Tuesday roast chicken croquettes.
Descendants edit
- → Spanish: pollastre
See also edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pollastre f
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Catalan pollastre, from Latin pullastrum.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -astɾe
- Syllabification: po‧llas‧tre
Noun edit
pollastre m (plural pollastres)
- young chicken
- whippersnapper
Further reading edit
- “pollastre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014