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chicken

/ˈtʃɪkən/CHIH-kuhn
/ˈtʃɪkən/CHIH-kuhn

Meaninga cock

Common meaning: domestic fowl or its meat

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishcoce‘a cock’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishchikensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa cock → domestic fowl or its meatchicken‘domestic fowl or its meat’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English coce ‘a cock’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CHICKEN, p. 106 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • coce Old English “a cock”

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