Chicken

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.2.4 Translations 1.2.4.1 Translations to be checked

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'ʧɪkən/

Noun

chicken (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)

1. (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus.
2. (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
3. (countable, slang) A coward.
4. (countable, gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.

Synonyms

• (bird): cock (male only), chook, hen (female only), rooster (male only)
• (coward):
• (young, attractive, slim man): twink

Related terms

• chick

Derived terms

• chicken and egg
• chickenhawk
• chicken egg
• chicken out

Translations

bird

Albanian: gjeli Arabic: دّجاج Basque: oilasko, oilo Belarusian: птушаня/птушане, курыца, кураня/куране Bosnian: kokoš f, pile Breton: yar f, penn yar m Bulgarian: пиле n Catalan: pollastre m, gallina f, gall m Cebuano: manok Chinese, Simplified: 鸡 (pinyin: jī) Chinese, Traditional: 雞, 鷄 (pinyin: jī) Croatian: pile, kokoš Czech: slepice f, kur m, kuře n (young) Danish: høne Dutch: kip f, hen f Esperanto: koko Estonian: kana Faroese: høsn Finnish: kananpoika (young), kana (female) French: poulet m Frisian: hin Friulian: poleç, gjaline Gallegan: galo, galiña German: Huhn n, Hühnchen n Greek: κοτόπουλο, κότα Hungarian: csirke Icelandic: hænsn Indonesian: ayam Irish: cearc Italian: pollo m, gallo m (male), gallina f (female)

Japanese: 鶏 (ニワトリ, niwatori) Ladin: gialina Latvian: cālis, vista Lithuanian: višta Lower Sorbian: kokoš, kurje, kurjetko Macedonian: пиле, кокошка (pile, kokoška) Maltese: fellus, tiġieġa Norwegian: kylling, høne Occitan: galina Polish: kurczak m, kura f Portuguese: frango, galinha Romanian: piu, găină Romansh: pulschain, giaglina Romany: kainiori, kaini f Russian: цыпленок, курица (cyplenok, kurica) Sami: vuonccis (gallus domesticus) Sardinian: caboniscu, caboni, puddone, puddu Scottish: cearc Serbian: пиле, кокош (pile, kokoš) Slovak: sliepka f, kurča, kura n (youngster) Slovenian: piščanec m, petelin m (male), kokoš f (female), Spanish: pollo m, gallina f Swedish: kyckling, höna Tagalog: manok Thai: ไก่ Turkish: piliç, tavuk Ukrainian: курча, курка (kurča, kurka) Upper Sorbian: ćipka, kokoš, kurjo, kurjatko Urdu: مرغى Welsh: cyw, iâr, cyw iâr

meat

Dutch: kippenvlees n French: poulet m Italian: pollo m

coward

Finnish: pelkuri French: poule mouillée f

young, attractive, slim man See twink

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering might be unreliable.

• Bosnian: kukavica (2), piletina (3)
• Breton: kozh yar (2)
• Bulgarian: страхливец m (2), пъзльо m (2)
• Czech: zbabělec m, posera m (2)
• Dutch: kip f (3), lafaard m (2), wezel m (2),
• Estonian: kana (3), arg (2)
• Finnish: kananpoika (young), kana (female) (3); *German: Feigling m (2)
• Polish: kurczak m (1), kura f (1), tchórz m (2)
• Slovenian: piščanec m (3), zajec m (2)