noun · Animals

chicken

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The meaning (definition) of the word chicken

a feathered farm bird that clucks and lays eggs

The word chicken used in a sentence

Mom likes to braise chicken slowly in a covered pot with sauce.

Words that mean the same as chicken (synonyms)

henbird

The plural of the word chicken

chickens

How the word chicken is said around the world

Frenchpoulet (poole)
Spanishpollo (pohlyoh)
Mandarin (jī)
Hindiमुर्गा (muurgah)
Arabicفرخة
Russianкурица (kuritsa)
Portuguese (EU)frango (fruhnngguu)
Portuguese (BR)frango (fruhnngguu)
Japaneseチキン (chikin)
GermanHuhn (hoon)
Urduچکن (kyikahn)
Punjabiਮੁਰਗੇ ਦਾ ਮੀਟ (muuruhgay dah meet)
Korean (dalg)
Hebrewעוֹף (ohf)
Greekκοτόπουλο (kotopoulo)
Dutchkip (kip)
Tagalogmanok (mahnohk)
Vietnamesethịt gà (teet ghah)
Turkishtavuk (tahvuuk)
Persianمرغ (mohrk)
Polishkurczak (koorchahk)
Ukrainianкурка (kurka)
Bengaliমুরগি (moorawgee)
Swedishkyckling (shewkling)
Italianpollo (pohlloh)

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