chicken

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable) A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young.
2. (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The young of any bird; a chick.
4. (countable, derogatory, slang, sometimes) A coward.
5. (countable, derogatory, slang, sometimes) A young or inexperienced person.
6. (Polari, countable) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
7. (uncountable) The game of dare.
8. (countable, uncountable) The game of dare.
9. (countable, uncountable) A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
10. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A kilogram of cocaine.
11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A small pewter pot used in a tavern.

Adj

Cowardly.

Verb

To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

Concepten

kip

🐔

hen

kuiken

kippevlees

hoen

lafaard

kippenvlees

🐔

angsthaas

wezel

bangerd

leghen

legkip

lafbek

moederkloek

watje

haan

Synoniemen

fowl

hen

🐔

coward

chick

bird

🐦

rooster

🐓

wimp

yellow

poultry

fearful

😨

scaredy-cat

cock

cowardly

white-livered

chickenhearted

craven

yellow-bellied

chook

broiler

owl

🦉

pig

🐖

pullet

dove

🕊️

recreant

spider

🕷️

spineless

spring chicken

timid

faint-hearted

wuss

poulet

volaille

cockerel

Gallus gallus

gizzard

lily-livered

crybaby

sheep

🐑

ass

🍑

baby

👶

biddy

billet-doux

clitoris

coot

dog

🐕

domestic fowl

etc.

female

♀️

frier

fryer

funk

gallinaceous

grouse

milquetoast

moorhen

pansy

poltroon

pussy

😺

expression

wild goose

yellow-belly

chicken meat

quaker

fish

🐟

young hen

chicken-shit

Milquetoast

red junglefowl

dom

fawl

rooster 雌鶏 hen

hen's

Vertalingen

poulet

🐔

poule

🐔

Huhn

🐔

pollo

🐔

gallina

🐔

Hühnchen

Hähnchen

tavuk

🐔

Küken

Angsthase

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: chiken

Verwant aan Engels: chick

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ċicen

Verwant aan Noord-Fries: schückling

Verwant aan Saterfries: Sjuuken

Verwant aan Nederlands: kuiken

Verwant aan Duits: Küken

Verwant aan Duits: Küchlein

Verwant aan Oudnoors: kjúklingr

In summary

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”).