Chicken

/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/

Synonyms for "chicken" (318 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (64)

Show 37 more words
Noun(6 words)
biddychicken fleshchicken meatchicken-basedchickenshitchook
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (95)

Related words (159)

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: afraid, ancona, andalusian, anemic, asthenic.
  • Sentence evidence is available for chicken, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from moby, wiktionary, opengloss, wordnet, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

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  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "chicken".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "chicken"

Keep "chicken" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "chicken" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "chicken", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "chicken" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

16 entries
animalbirdcharacter traitcompetitioncontestculinary descriptordomestic fowldoormatfoodfood termfowlmeatpersonal traitpoultryweaklingwuss

More specific

13 entries
breast meatbroilerchicken breastchicken soupchicken stockdrumstickfearfulhenlayerroosterspinelessthigh meattimid

Collocations

11 entries
chicken breastchicken coopchicken currychicken dishchicken soupchicken stockchicken thighchicken wingfree range chickenfried chickenroast chicken

Inflections

3 entries
chickensmore chickenmost chicken

Derivations

6 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

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Bezhta

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Bikol Central

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Borôro

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Chamicuro

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Chechen

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Cheyenne

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Chichewa

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Chickasaw

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Chinese

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  • 雞 /鷄 /鸡 noun (bird)

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Chukchi

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Coastal Kadazan

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Coptic

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Czech

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Daur

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  • ކުކުޅު noun (bird)

Dutch

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  • hen noun (bird)
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  • kip noun (bird)

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  • བྱམོ noun (bird)

Eastern Min Chinese

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Elfdalian

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Erzya

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Esperanto

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Estonian

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Ewe

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Faroese

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Galician

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Gamilaraay

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Gan Chinese

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Ge'ez

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Georgian

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Greenlandic

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Gujarati

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Gurani

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Haitian Creole

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Hakka Chinese

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Hausa

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Hawaiian

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Hebrew

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  • תַּרְנְגוֹל noun (bird)
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Higaonon

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  • कुक्कुट noun (bird)
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Hungarian

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Hunzib

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Ibanag

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Icelandic

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Ido

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Ilocano

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Inari Sami

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Indonesian

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Ingush

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Inuktitut

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Irish

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Istro-Romanian

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Italian

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Japanese

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Javanese

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Jin Chinese

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  • 雞 /鷄 /鸡 noun (bird)
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Kabardian

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  • джэд noun (bird)

Kannada

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Kapampangan

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Karakalpak

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Kashubian

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Kazakh

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Khün

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Kikuyu

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Kimaragang

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Kiput

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Konkani

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Korean

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Krio

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Kumyk

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Kyrgyz

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Ladin

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Lak

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Lao

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Latgalian

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Latin

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Latvian

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Laz

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Ledo Kaili

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Lezgi

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Lithuanian

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Lombard

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Low German

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Lower Sorbian

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Luganda

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Lutuv

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Luxembourgish

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Macedonian

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Malagasy

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Malay

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Malayalam

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Manchu

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Mandar

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Manikion

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Maranao

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Marathi

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Mazanderani

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Mi'kmaq

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  • go'qoli'gwej noun (bird)

Middle English

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  • chekyn noun (bird)
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Mingrelian

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Mizo

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Mon

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Muong

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Māori

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Nahuatl

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Nepali

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  • арфэӄ noun (bird)
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Norman

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Northern Kurdish

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Northern Thai

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • høne noun (bird)
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  • kylling noun (bird)

Occitan

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Ojibwe

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  • baaka'aakwenh noun (bird)

Old English

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Old Norse

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Oromo

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  • lukkuu noun (bird)

Pannonian Rusyn

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  • кура noun (bird)
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Pashto

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  • چرګ noun (bird)

Pela

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  • ɣaʔ³¹ noun (bird)

Pennsylvania German

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Persian

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  • جوجه noun (bird)
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Picard

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  • co noun (bird)
  • poulhe noun (bird)

Pirahã

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  • páxaihi noun (bird)

Polish

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  • kura noun (bird)
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Portuguese

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Quechua

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Rapa Nui

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Romani

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  • khajnǒrri noun (bird)

Romanian

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Romansch

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  • giaglina noun (bird)
  • pulschain noun (bird)

Russian

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  • ку́рица noun (bird)
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Rutul

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  • кӏатӏ noun (bird)

Rwanda-Rundi

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  • inkoko noun (bird)

S'gaw Karen

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  • ဆီ noun (bird)

Samoan

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  • moa noun (bird)

Samogitian

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  • vėšta noun (bird)

Sanskrit

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  • कुक्कुट noun (bird)

Sardinian

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  • caboni noun (bird)
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  • puddone noun (bird)
  • puddu noun (bird)

Scots

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  • chicken noun (bird)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • cearc noun (bird)
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Sebop

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  • diek noun (bird)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • kokoš noun (bird)
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  • pevac noun (bird)

Shan

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  • ၵႆႇ noun (bird)
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Shona

1 entries
  • huku noun (bird)

Sicilian

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  • puddu noun (bird)

Sidamo

1 entries
  • lukkichcho noun (bird)

Skolt Sami

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  • kääˊnn noun (bird)

Slovak

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  • kura noun (bird)
  • kurča noun (bird)
  • sliepka noun (bird)

Slovene

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  • kokoš noun (bird)
  • petelin noun (bird)
  • piščanec noun (bird)

Somali

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  • digaag noun (bird)

Sotho

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  • kgoho noun (bird)

Southern Altai

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  • куштыҥ балазы noun (bird)
  • таак noun (bird)

Southern Kurdish

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  • مامر noun (bird)

Spanish

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  • pollo noun (bird)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • fowru noun (bird)

Sudanese Arabic

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  • جدادة noun (bird)

Svan

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  • ქათალ noun (bird)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kuku noun (bird)

Swedish

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  • höna noun (bird)
  • kyckling noun (bird)

Sylheti

3 entries
  • ꠝꠥꠞ꠆ꠉꠣ noun (bird)
  • ꠝꠥꠞ꠆ꠉꠤ noun (bird)
  • ꠝꠥꠞꠥꠉ noun (bird)

Tabaru

1 entries
  • namoro noun (bird)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • manok noun (bird)

Tai Dam

2 entries
  • cáy noun (bird)
  • ꪼꪀ꪿ noun (bird)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கோழி noun (bird)

Taos

1 entries
  • lìlúna noun (bird)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • tyaẓiṭ noun (bird)
  • yaẓiḍ noun (bird)

Tausug

1 entries
  • manuk noun (bird)

Tedim Chin

1 entries
  • aak noun (bird)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కోడి noun (bird)

Thai

1 entries
  • ไก่ noun (bird)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • བྱ་དེ noun (bird)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kranko noun (bird)

Tokelauan

1 entries
  • moa noun (bird)

Tongan

1 entries
  • moa noun (bird)

Tooro

1 entries
  • enkoko class 9 noun (bird)

Tsakhur

1 entries
  • кӏатӏе noun (bird)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • nkhuku noun (bird)

Turkish

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  • piliç noun (bird)
  • tavuk noun (bird)

Tày

1 entries
  • cáy noun (bird)

Uab Meto

1 entries
  • manu noun (bird)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ку́рка noun (bird)
  • курча́ noun (bird)

Upper Sorbian

4 entries
  • kokoš noun (bird)
  • kurjatko noun (bird)
  • kurjo noun (bird)
  • ćipka noun (bird)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مرغا noun (bird)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • توخۇ noun (bird)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • tovuq noun (bird)

Venetan

1 entries
  • polàstro noun (bird)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • noun (bird)

Volapük

1 entries
  • gok noun (bird)

Walloon

1 entries
  • poye noun (bird)

Welsh

3 entries
  • cyw noun (bird)
  • cywion noun (bird)
  • iâr noun (bird)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • manuk noun (bird)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • hin noun (bird)

Western Cham

1 entries
  • منوء noun (bird)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • цӹвӹ noun (bird)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • qaib noun (bird)

Wolof

1 entries
  • ganaar gi noun (bird)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 雞 /鷄 /鸡 noun (bird)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries
  • 雞 /鷄 /鸡 noun (bird)

Yami

1 entries
  • manok noun (bird)

Yao

1 entries
  • nguku class 9/10 noun (bird)

Yapese

1 entries
  • nimen noun (bird)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • הון noun (bird)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • kerge (diq) noun (bird)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • gaeq noun (bird)

Zou

1 entries
  • ah noun (bird)

Zyphe

1 entries
  • aa noun (bird)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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Roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.

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He's no spring chicken.

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Chicken pox is an itchy nuisance for kids.

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Thanks, Mike. I don't like chicken.

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What are the closest synonyms for "chicken"?

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