pollastre

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pullaster, from pullus (“chicken”) + -aster (“wannabe”). Compare Occitan polastre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈʎas.tɾə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈʎas.tɾə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [poˈʎas.tɾe]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -astɾe

Noun

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

→ Spanish: pollastre

See also

gall m
gallina f
poll m
pollet m

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /polˈla.stre/
Rhymes: -astre
Hyphenation: pol‧là‧stre

Noun

pollastre f

plural of pollastra

Anagrams

sportella

Spanish

Alternative forms

pollastro

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan pollastre, from Latin pullastrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝastɾe/ [poˈʝas.t̪ɾe]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /poˈʎastɾe/ [poˈʎas.t̪ɾe]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃastɾe/ [poˈʃas.t̪ɾe]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒastɾe/ [poˈʒas.t̪ɾe]

Rhymes: -astɾe
Syllabification: po‧llas‧tre

Noun

pollastre m (plural pollastres)

young chicken
whippersnapper

Further reading

“pollastre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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