The hen is hatching her chicks.
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Hen
/hɛn/
Synonyms for "hen" (94 found)
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Translations
58 translations across 37 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- մարի noun (female bird)
Avestan
1 entries- [script needed] (kahrkäsah) noun (female bird)
Catalan
1 entries- au femella noun (female bird)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 母雞 /母鸡 noun (female bird)
Corsican
3 entries- gallina noun (female bird)
- ghjaddina noun (female bird)
- ghjallina noun (female bird)
Czech
1 entries- slepice noun (female bird)
Dalmatian
1 entries- čauca noun (female bird)
Danish
1 entries- høne noun (female bird)
Dutch
3 entries- hen noun (female bird)
- moederkloek noun (hen-like woman)
- wijfje noun (female bird)
Eshtehardi
1 entries- کرگه noun (female bird)
Esperanto
1 entries- birdino noun (female bird)
Finnish
1 entries- kana noun (female bird)
French
1 entries- poule noun (hen-like woman)
German
1 entries- Weibchen noun (female bird)
Greek
2 entries- κότα noun (hen-like woman)
- πουλάδα noun (female bird)
Hungarian
1 entries- tojó noun (female bird)
Italian
2 entries- gallina noun (female bird)
- gallina noun (hen-like woman)
Japanese
2 entries- めんどり noun (female bird)
- 雌鶏 noun (female bird)
Macedonian
2 entries- же́нка noun (female bird)
- ко́кошка noun (hen-like woman)
Malay
1 entries- ayam betina noun (female bird)
Middle Persian
1 entries- kirk noun (female bird)
Māori
3 entries- kātua noun (female bird)
- uha noun (female bird)
- uwha noun (female bird)
Old English
1 entries- cwēnfugol noun (female bird)
Parthian
1 entries- karga (kirga) noun (female bird)
Persian
1 entries- مرغ noun (female bird)
Portuguese
3 entries- ave-fêmea noun (female bird)
- galinha noun (hen-like woman)
- pássara noun (female bird)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕੁੱਕੜੀ noun (female bird)
Quechua
1 entries- tuqtu noun (female bird)
Russian
4 entries- ба́ба noun (hen-like woman)
- ку́рочка noun (female bird)
- са́мка noun (female bird)
- тёлка noun (hen-like woman)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cearc noun (female bird)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- koka noun (hen-like woman)
- ženka noun (female bird)
- женка noun (female bird)
- кока noun (hen-like woman)
Spanish
1 entries- ave hembra noun (female bird)
Swahili
1 entries- tembe noun (female bird)
Swedish
3 entries- brud noun (hen-like woman)
- brutta noun (hen-like woman)
- höna noun (female bird)
Tamil
2 entries- பெண் noun (female bird)
- பெண் noun (hen-like woman)
Telugu
1 entries- ఆడపక్షి noun (female bird)
Unami
1 entries- xkwehële noun (female bird)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The hen sits on her eggs until they hatch.
Source: tatoeba (31748)
The hen was sitting on the eggs in the nest.
Source: tatoeba (31749)
The hen keeps her brood under her.
Source: tatoeba (31751)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.