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Etymology
Old English cycen|�ȳcen.

Pronunciation
wikispecies|Gallus gallus
commonspar|Gallus gallus
IPA|/'ʧɪkɪn/ (UK)
audio|en-us-chicken.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪk�n|-ɪk�n, Rhymes:English:-ɪkɪn|-ɪkɪn

Noun
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chicken (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)

1. countable A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus.
2. uncountable The meat from this bird eaten as food.
3. context|countable|slang A coward.
4. (countable, gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.
5. context|countable|slang A young person of either sex.
6. A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the loser.

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

Related terms
chick

Derived terms
chicken fillet
spring chicken

Translations

trans-top|bird
Afrikaans: hoender, haan m, hen f
Alabama: akaaka (1)
Albanian: pulë
Arabic: ARchar|د�جاج
Azeri: toyuq
Basque: oilasko, oilo
Belarusian: п���ан� / п���ане, к����а, к��ан� / к��ане
Bosnian: kokoš#Bosnian|kokoš f, kokoška#Bosnian|kokoška f
Breton: yar f, penn yar m
Bulgarian: пиле n
Catalan: pollastre m, gallina f, gall m
Cebuano: manok
Chickasaw: akaka
Chinese: �, �, 鸡 (pinyin: jī)
Croatian: kokoš#Croatian|kokoš f, kokoška#Croatian|kokoška f
Czech: slepice f, kur m, ku�e n italbrac|young
Danish: kylling c; høne c
Dutch: kip#Dutch|kip f, hen#Dutch|hen f
Erzya: �а�аз (saraz)
Esperanto: koko
Estonian: kana
Ewe: koklo n, koklovi n (young)
Faroese: høsn
Finnish: kananpoika italbrac|young, kana italbrac|female
French: poule f
Frisian: hin#Frisian|hin
Friulian: poleç, gjaline
Gallegan: galo, galiña
German: Huhn n
Greek: κο���ο�λο (kotópoulo) n, κ��α (kóta) f
Hebrew: תרנ��� (tarnegol) m, תרנ���ת (tarnegolet) f
Hindi: म�र��ा (murg�)
Hungarian: csirke
Icelandic: hænsn
Ilocano: manok
Inari Sami: kääni
Indonesian: ayam
Irish: cearc
Italian: pollo m, gallo m, gallina f
Japanese: � (����, niwatori)
Kiput: aan
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Korean: � (dak)
Kurdish: KUchar|�ر�شک, KUchar|�ا�ر
Ladin: gialina
Latvian: c�lis, vista#Latvian|vista
Lithuanian: višta
Lower Sorbian: kokoš, kurje, kurjetko
Macedonian: пиле, коко�ка
Maltese: fellus, tiġieġa
Marathi: ��म�डा (komd�)
Neapolitan: pùllo
Northern Sami: vuonccis
Occitan: galina
Old English: cycen|�ȳcen n
Norwegian: høne f, kylling m
Persian: FAchar|�رغ (morgh), FAchar|ج�ج�
Polish: kurczak m, kura f
Portuguese: frango, galinha
Romanian: pui, g�in�
Romansh: pulschain, giaglina
Romany: kainiori, kaini f
Russian: ��пленок(chick), к��и�а(hen), пе���(cock) (cyplenok, kurica, petukh)
Sardinian: caboniscu, caboni, puddone, puddu
Scottish Gaelic: cearc
Serbian: kokoš#Serbian|kokoš f, kokoška#Serbian|kokoška f, petao m, pevac m, pile n
Skolt Sami: kää´nn
Slovak: sliepka f, kur�a, kura n (youngster)
Slovenian: piš�anec m, petelin m italbrac|male, kokoš f italbrac|female,
Spanish: pollo m, gallina f
Swedish: kyckling, höna
Tagalog: manok
Telugu: ��డి
Thai: THchar|���
Turan: távuq
Turkish: piliç, tavuk
Ukrainian: к���а, к��ка (kur�a, kurka)
Upper Sorbian: �ipka, kokoš, kurjo, kurjatko
Urdu: URchar|�رغ� (murghi)
Welsh: cyw, iâr, cyw iâr
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trans-top|meat
Bosnian: piletina#Bosnian|piletina f
Croatian: piletina#Croatian|piletina f
Dutch: kip f, kippenvlees n
Ewe: koklolã n
Finnish: kana
French: poulet m
German: Huhn n, Hühnchen n
Greek: κο���ο�λο (kotópoulo) n
Italian: pollo m
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Korean: �고기 dak-gogi
Norwegian: kylling m
Russian: к����ина f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пиле�ина#Serbian|пиле�ина f
:Roman: piletina#Serbian|piletina f
Spanish: pollo m, gallina f
Swedish: kyckling
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trans-top|coward
Czech: zbab�lec m, posera m
Danish: bangebuks c
Dutch: lafaard#Dutch|lafaard m, wezel m
Finnish: pelkuri
French: poule mouillée f
German: Feigling m
Greek: κ��α (kóta) f
Italian: coniglio m
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Norwegian: feiging m
Polish: tchórz m
Russian: ����(trus) m
Spanish: gallina f
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trans-top|young, attractive, slim man
See twink
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Breton: kozh yar (2)
ttbc|Bulgarian: ���а�ливе� m (2), п�зл�о m (2)
ttbc|Estonian: kana (3), arg (2)

Adjective
en-adj

1. cowardly

Derived terms
chicken and egg
chicken out
chickenhawk
chickenpox
like a headless chicken

See also
egg
poultry

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