chicken
Significat
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- A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young.
- The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- The young of any bird; a chick.
- (slang) A coward.
- (slang) A young or inexperienced person.
- A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
- The game of dare.
- The game of dare.
- A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
- (slang) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (obsolete) A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
Freqüència
Amb guionet com
chick‧en
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/
Etimologia
From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn (“chicken”), or alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kukkīn, equivalent to cock + -en. Compare North Frisian schückling (“chicken”), Saterland Frisian Sjuuken (“chicken”), Dutch kuiken (“chick, chicken”), German Low German Küken (“chick”), whence German Küken (“chick”), (elevated, obsolete) German Küchlein (“chick”) and Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).
Relacionat amb anglès
chick
Relacionat amb neerlandès
kuiken
Relacionat amb alemany
Küken
Relacionat amb alemany
Küchlein
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