Also means
chicken coop
Usage Note
Pollaio is the enclosure where hens are kept. Colloquially it is used figuratively to describe a noisy, chaotic place: qui è un pollaio! (this place is a madhouse!). The related noun pollame means poultry. The plural is regular: pollai.
Examples
"Il contadino ha costruito un nuovo pollaio."
Natural Translation
The farmer built a new henhouse.
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