chicken

CEFRA1

/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A common farm bird kept for its eggs or meat.

  2. 02

    noun

    Meat from this bird used as food.

Examples

  • Roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.

  • Cover the chicken loosely with foil.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The meat from this bird eaten as food.

  2. The young of any bird; a chick.

  3. A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).

More examples

In context

  • He's no spring chicken.

  • backyard chickens

  • barnyard chickens

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).