hen

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
2. A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
3. (uncommon) A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
4. (figuratively) A woman.
5. (UK, figuratively, informal) A woman.
6. (UK, informal) A hen night.
7. (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
8. The penis of a trans woman.
9. (derogatory, figuratively, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
10. The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
11. (obsolete) A large pewter pot used in a tavern.

Verb

Synonym of mother-hen.

Adv

Hence.

Verb

To throw.

Concepten

hen

kip

🐔

leghen

kippevlees

legkip

moederkloek

wijfje

hoen

pop

kippenvlees

🐔

Synoniemen

chicken

🐔

fowl

rooster

🐓

cock

biddy

chook

dove

🕊️

spider

🕷️

domestic fowl

dam

doe

duffy

female

♀️

goose

🪿

hens

loader

partridge

pea

she

👩

female bird

Newfoundland fish

bacaleau

baccalao

baccale

baccalo

bank fish

berry fish

blackberry fish

bull dog

codd

codde

fall fish

foxy tom-cod

Atlantic cod

turkey stuffed

bacalao

bank cod

female domestic fowl

grog fish

haberdine

harbour tom-cod

inshore cod

kil’din cod

logy fish

mother fish

northern cod

old soaker

red-cod

tally fish

tom-cod

Vertalingen

poule

🐔

gallina

🐔

gallina

🐔

Henne

🐔

Huhn

🐔

galinha

🐔

κότα

gallina

🐔

tavuk

🐔

gallina

🐔

poulet

🐔

pollo

🐔

galina

دجاجة

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hɛn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: hen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: henn

Verwant aan Saterfries: Hanne

Verwant aan Fries: hin

Verwant aan Nederlands: hen

Verwant aan Duits: Henne

Verwant aan Deens: høne

Verwant aan Zweeds: höna

Verwant aan IJslands: hæna

Verwant aan Oudengels: hana

Verwant aan Latijn: cicōnia

Verwant aan Latijn: canō

Verwant aan Russisch: каню́к

Overgenomen van Middelengels: henne

Overgenomen van Oudengels: heonan

Verwant aan Nederlands: heen

Verwant aan Duits: hin

Verwant aan Deens: hen

In summary

From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan-, *kana- (“to sing”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hanne (“hen”), West Frisian hin (“hen”), Dutch hen (“hen”), German Low German Heen (“hen”), German Henne (“hen”), Danish høne (“hen”), Swedish höna (“hen”), Icelandic hæna (“hen”). Related to Old English hana (“cock, rooster”). Also cognate to Latin cicōnia (“stork”), Latin canō (“to sing”), Russian каню́к (kanjúk, “buzzard”). Compare Russian пету́х (petúx, “rooster, cock”) from Russian петь (petʹ, “to sing”).
Sense 7 after cock (“male chicken; man's penis”).