chicken | definition in the Cambridge Essential American Dictionary

Definition of chicken in Essential American English Dictionary

chicken

noun
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/ˈtʃɪk·ən/
A2
a bird kept on a farm for its meat and eggs
A2 [ no plural ]
the meat of a chicken

(Definition of chicken from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of chicken

in Chinese (Traditional)
禽, 雞, 雞肉…
in Chinese (Simplified)
禽, 鸡, 鸡肉…
in Spanish
gallina, pollo [masculine], gallina [masculine-feminine]…
in Portuguese
frango, galinha [feminine], frango [masculine]…
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ニワトリ, チキン, 鶏肉…
tavuk, piliç, tavuk eti…
poulet [masculine], trouillard/-arde, se dégonfler…
gallina, pollastre…
دَجاجة, لَحْم الدَّجاج…
kuře, kuře (kuřecí maso), zbabělec…
kylling, høne, kujon…
ayam, daging ayam, pengecut…
ลูกไก่, เนื้อไก่, ขี้ขลาด…
gà con, gà, người nhát gan…
kurczak…
ayam, ayam goreng, pengecut…
das Küken, das Huhn, ein Feigling…
kylling [masculine], høne [masculine], feig…
닭, 닭고기…
курча, куряче м'ясо, боягуз…
pollo…
курица, куриное мясо…
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