hatchery

English

Etymology

From hatch +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæt͡ʃəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

hatchery (plural hatcheries)

1. A facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish or poultry.

Related terms

• hatcher, hatchlings

Translations

a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions

• Bulgarian: инкубатор (bg) m (inkubator), люпилня (bg) f (ljupilnja)
• Czech: líheň f
• French: couvoir (fr) m, couveuse artificielle (fr) f, écloserie (fr) f
• Greek: εκκολαπτήριο (el) n (ekkolaptírio)
• Japanese: 孵化場 (ふかじょう, fukajō)
• Polish: wylęgarnia f
• Portuguese: chocadeira (pt) f
• Spanish: criadero (es) m
• Tagalog: halimhiman
• Turkish: yumurtlatmak (tr)

References

• “hatchery”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• thearchy