English Pronunciation IPA: /'ʧɪkən/ Noun chicken a domestic bird a coward the meat from the bird (1) Synonyms cock chook hen rooster Related words chick chicken and egg chicken egg chicken out Related concepts egg poultry Translations Albanian: gjeli Arabic: دّجاج Basque: oilasko, oilo Belarusian: птушаня/птушане, курыца, кураня/куране Breton: yar f, penn yar m (1) kozh yar (2) Bulgarian: пиле n (1), страхливец m (2), пъзльо m (2) Catalan: pollastre m, gallina f, gall m Chinese: simplified Chinese:鸡 ( pinyin:jī ) ; traditional Chinese: 雞 or 鷄 ( pinyin:jī ) Croatian: pile, kokoš Czech: slepicef, kur m, kuře n (youngster) (1),zbabělec m, posera m (2) Danish: høne Dutch: kip f (1,3), hen f (1), lafaard m (2), wezel m (2), kippenvlees n (3) Esperanto: koko Estonian: arg Faroese: høsn Finnish: kananpoika (young), kana (hen) (1, 3); pelkuri (2) French: poulet m (1,3), poule mouillée f (2) Frisian: hin Friulian: poleç, gjaline Gallegan: galo, galiña German: Huhn n (1), Hühnchen n (1), Feigling m (2) Greek: κοτόπουλο, κότα Hungarian: csirke Icelandic: hænsn Indonesian: ayam Irish: cearc Italian: pollo, gallina Japanese: 鶏 (ニワトリ, niwatori) Ladin: gialina Latin: Gallus gallus 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 (1), kura f (1), tchórz m (2) 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, kokoš Spanish: pollo m, gallina f Swedish: kyckling, höna Thai: ไก่ Turkish: piliç, tavuk Ukrainian: курча, курка (kurča, kurka) Upper Sorbian: ćipka, kokoš, kurjo, kurjatko Welsh: cyw, iâr, cyw iâr See also
Pronunciation IPA: /'ʧɪkən/ Noun chicken a domestic bird a coward the meat from the bird (1) Synonyms cock chook hen rooster Related words chick chicken and egg chicken egg chicken out Related concepts egg poultry Translations Albanian: gjeli Arabic: دّجاج Basque: oilasko, oilo Belarusian: птушаня/птушане, курыца, кураня/куране Breton: yar f, penn yar m (1) kozh yar (2) Bulgarian: пиле n (1), страхливец m (2), пъзльо m (2) Catalan: pollastre m, gallina f, gall m Chinese: simplified Chinese:鸡 ( pinyin:jī ) ; traditional Chinese: 雞 or 鷄 ( pinyin:jī ) Croatian: pile, kokoš Czech: slepicef, kur m, kuře n (youngster) (1),zbabělec m, posera m (2) Danish: høne Dutch: kip f (1,3), hen f (1), lafaard m (2), wezel m (2), kippenvlees n (3) Esperanto: koko Estonian: arg Faroese: høsn Finnish: kananpoika (young), kana (hen) (1, 3); pelkuri (2) French: poulet m (1,3), poule mouillée f (2) Frisian: hin Friulian: poleç, gjaline Gallegan: galo, galiña German: Huhn n (1), Hühnchen n (1), Feigling m (2) Greek: κοτόπουλο, κότα Hungarian: csirke Icelandic: hænsn Indonesian: ayam Irish: cearc Italian: pollo, gallina Japanese: 鶏 (ニワトリ, niwatori) Ladin: gialina Latin: Gallus gallus 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 (1), kura f (1), tchórz m (2) 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, kokoš Spanish: pollo m, gallina f Swedish: kyckling, höna Thai: ไก่ Turkish: piliç, tavuk Ukrainian: курча, курка (kurča, kurka) Upper Sorbian: ćipka, kokoš, kurjo, kurjatko Welsh: cyw, iâr, cyw iâr See also