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aviculture

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Near-synonym: birdkeeping

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: birdrearing, birdraising, birdkeeping

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h2éwis Proto-Italic *awis Latin avisbor. English avi- Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English aviculture From avi- + culture.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَرْبِيَة الطُيُور — bird breeding
  • Armenian: թռչնաբուծություն (tʻṙčʻnabucutʻyun) — bird breeding
  • Azerbaijani: quşçuluq — bird breeding
  • Bengali: পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান (pokkhibiggên) — bird breeding
  • Bulgarian: птицевъдство (pticevǎdstvo) — bird breeding
  • Catalan: avicultura — bird breeding
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鳥類飼養 /鸟类饲养 (niu5 leoi6 zi6 joeng5) — bird breeding
  • Chinese Cantonese: 養鳥 /养鸟 (joeng5 niu5) — bird breeding
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳥類飼養 /鸟类饲养 (niǎolèi sìyǎng) — bird breeding
  • Chinese Mandarin: 養鳥 /养鸟 (yǎngniǎo) — bird breeding
  • Danish: fjerkræavl — bird breeding
  • Dutch: avicultuur — bird breeding
  • French: aviculture — bird breeding
  • Galician: avicultura — bird breeding
  • German: Vogelzucht — bird breeding
  • German: Geflügelzucht — bird breeding
  • German: Geflügelhaltung — bird breeding
  • German: Vogelhaltung — bird breeding
  • Greek: πτηνοτροφία (ptinotrofía) — bird breeding
  • Greek: ορνιθοτροφία (ornithotrofía) — bird breeding
  • Hindi: पक्षिपालन (pakṣipālan) — bird breeding
  • Hungarian: madártenyésztés — bird breeding
  • Indonesian: avikultur — bird breeding
  • Italian: avicoltura — bird breeding
  • Latin: avicultūra — bird breeding
  • Macedonian: птичарство (ptičarstvo) — bird breeding
  • Macedonian: авикултура (avikultura) — bird breeding
  • N'Ko: ߞߣߐ߬ߡߙߊ (knõmra) — bird breeding
  • Romanian: avicultură — bird breeding
  • Russian: авикульту́ра (avikulʹtúra) — bird breeding
  • Serbo-Croatian: авикултура — bird breeding
  • Slovene: avikultura — bird breeding
  • Spanish: avicultura — bird breeding
  • Swedish: avikultur — bird breeding
  • Turkish: kuşçuluk — bird breeding
  • Vietnamese: nuôi chim — bird breeding
  • Volapük: bödibrid — bird breeding