Transcription
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- [foul]
- /faʊl/
- /faʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [foul]
- /faʊl/
Definitions of fowl word
- noun plural fowl the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken. Compare domestic fowl. 1
- noun plural fowl any of several other, usually gallinaceous, birds that are barnyard, domesticated, or wild, as the duck, turkey, or pheasant. 1
- noun plural fowl (in market and household use) a full-grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from a chicken or young fowl. 1
- noun plural fowl the flesh or meat of a domestic fowl. 1
- noun plural fowl any bird (used chiefly in combination): waterfowl; wildfowl. 1
- verb without object fowl to hunt or take wildfowl. 1
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Origin of fowl
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English foul, Old English fugol, fugel; cognate with Old Saxon fugal, Gothic fugls, Old High German fogal (German Vogel)
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Parts of speech for Fowl
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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fowl popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fowl usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fowl
noun fowl
- chicken — Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
- turkey — a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, especially Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and that is domesticated in most parts of the world.
- game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- duck — any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- chick — A chick is a baby bird.
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