cockerel
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cockerel
- /ˈkɒkəɹəl/ UK
- /ˈkɒkɹəl/ UK
- /ˈkɑkəɹəl/ US
- /ˈkɑkɹəl/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English kokerel. By surface analysis, cock + -rel.
noun cockerels
- A young male chicken. “Mrs. Boast can’t have got all these from one hatching,” [Ma] said. “I do believe there’s not more than two cockerels among them.” “The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this flock,
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noun young male chicken
| Español | gallo, gallito |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 어린 수탉 eorin sutak |
| 日本語 | 若いおんどり wakai ondori |
| 中文 | 小公雞 /小公鸡 xiǎo gōngjī |
| Kiswahili | jimbi |
| Português | frango |
| Français | coquelet |
| Deutsch | Hähnchen, Junghahn, junger Hahn |
| Italiano | galletto, pollastra, pollastro |
| Ελληνικά | πετεινάρι peteinári, κοκοράκι kokoráki |
| Română | cocoșel |
| Русский | петушо́к petušók |
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title = {cockerel},
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