The hen is hatching her chicks.
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Hen
//hɛn//
Synonyms for "hen" (114 found)
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescapable of
4 entriescoordinate
6 entriesderived
150 entriesShowing 16 of 150 words.
desires
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
3 entriesnot desires
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
252 translations across 164 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- hen noun (female chicken)
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐕄𐕒𐕡𐕄𐕒𐕡𐕟 noun (female chicken)
Albanian
1 entries- pulë noun (female chicken)
Arabic
4 entries- دَجَاجَة noun (female chicken)
- دُجاجة noun (female chicken)
- دُجَاجَة noun (female chicken)
- دِجَاجَة noun (female chicken)
Armenian
2 entries- հավ noun (female chicken)
- մարի noun (female bird)
Aromanian
1 entries- gãljinã noun (female chicken)
Assamese
1 entries- কুকুৰা noun (female chicken)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
2 entries- ܟܬܲܝܬܵܐ noun (female chicken)
- ܬܲܪܢܵܓܘܿܠܬܵܐ noun (female chicken)
Asturian
2 entries- gallina noun (female chicken)
- pita noun (female chicken)
Avestan
1 entries- [script needed] (kahrkäsah) noun (female bird)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- toyuq noun (female chicken)
Bashkir
1 entries- тауыҡ noun (female chicken)
Basque
1 entries- oilo noun (female chicken)
Belarusian
1 entries- ку́рыца noun (female chicken)
Bengali
1 entries- মুরগি noun (female chicken)
Bikol Central
1 entries- gunakan noun (female chicken)
Bulgarian
1 entries- коко́шка noun (female chicken)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြက်မ noun (female chicken)
Catalan
2 entries- au femella noun (female bird)
- gallina noun (female chicken)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- مِریشک noun (female chicken)
Chamicuro
1 entries- atawali noun (female chicken)
Chechen
1 entries- котам noun (female chicken)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏣᏔᎦ ᎠᎩᏏ noun (female chicken)
Chinese
1 entries- 雞母 /鸡母 noun (female chicken)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 母雞 /母鸡 noun (female chicken)
- 雞乸 /鸡乸 noun (female chicken)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 母雞 /母鸡 noun (female chicken)
- 母雞 /母鸡 noun (female bird)
Chuvash
1 entries- чӑх noun (female chicken)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲁⲛⲁⲡⲁⲓ noun (female chicken)
Corsican
4 entries- gallina noun (female chicken)
- gallina noun (female bird)
- ghjaddina noun (female bird)
- ghjallina noun (female bird)
Czech
2 entries- slepice noun (female chicken)
- slepice noun (female bird)
Dalmatian
2 entries- galaina noun (female chicken)
- čauca noun (female bird)
Danish
2 entries- høne noun (female chicken)
- høne noun (female bird)
Dutch
4 entries- hen noun (female chicken)
- hen noun (female bird)
- kip noun (female chicken)
- leghen noun (female chicken)
Eshtehardi
1 entries- کرگه noun (female bird)
Esperanto
2 entries- birdino noun (female bird)
- kokino noun (female chicken)
Estonian
1 entries- kana noun (female chicken)
Ewe
1 entries- koklonɔ noun (female chicken)
Faroese
1 entries- høna noun (female chicken)
Finnish
2 entries- kana noun (female chicken)
- kana noun (female bird)
French
2 entries- poule noun (female chicken)
- poule noun (hen-like woman)
Friulian
1 entries- gjaline noun (female chicken)
Galician
1 entries- galiña noun (female chicken)
Georgian
2 entries- ქათამი noun (female chicken)
- ქათმისა noun (female chicken)
German
4 entries- Henne noun (female chicken)
- Huhn noun (female chicken)
- Legehenne noun (female chicken)
- Weibchen noun (female bird)
Greek
3 entries- κότα noun (female chicken)
- κότα noun (hen-like woman)
- πουλάδα noun (female bird)
Hebrew
2 entries- תַּרְנְגֹלֶת noun (female chicken)
- תרנגולת noun (female chicken)
Hindi
1 entries- मुर्गी noun (female chicken)
Hungarian
2 entries- tojó noun (female bird)
- tyúk noun (female chicken)
Icelandic
1 entries- hæna noun (female chicken)
Ido
1 entries- hanino noun (female chicken)
Indonesian
1 entries- ayam betina noun (female chicken)
Ingush
1 entries- котам noun (female chicken)
Irish
1 entries- cearc noun (female chicken)
Italian
3 entries- gallina noun (female chicken)
- gallina noun (female bird)
- gallina noun (hen-like woman)
Japanese
3 entries- めんどり noun (female bird)
- 雌鶏 noun (female chicken)
- 雌鶏 noun (female bird)
Kalenjin
1 entries- ngoket noun (female chicken)
Kamba
1 entries- nguku noun (female chicken)
Kapampangan
2 entries- gaindu noun (female chicken)
- gayindu noun (female chicken)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- тауукъ noun (female chicken)
Karakhanid
1 entries- تَقاغُو noun (female chicken)
Kashmiri
1 entries- کۄکٕر noun (female chicken)
Kazakh
1 entries- тауық noun (female chicken)
Khakas
1 entries- таңах noun (female chicken)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- vēunyū noun (female chicken)
Khmer
1 entries- មាន់ញី noun (female chicken)
Kikuyu
2 entries- mwera noun (female chicken)
- ngoko noun (female chicken)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- курӧг noun (female chicken)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- курӧг noun (female chicken)
Kongo
1 entries- nsusu noun (female chicken)
Korean
1 entries- 암탉 noun (female chicken)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тоок noun (female chicken)
Lao
1 entries- ໄກ່ແມ່ noun (female chicken)
Latin
1 entries- gallīna noun (female chicken)
Latvian
1 entries- vista noun (female chicken)
Lithuanian
1 entries- višta noun (female chicken)
Low German
3 entries- Heen noun (female chicken)
- Hohn noun (female chicken)
- Hään noun (female chicken)
Luhya
1 entries- engokho noun (female chicken)
Luo
1 entries- gweno noun (female chicken)
Lutuv
1 entries- aapuvnung noun (female chicken)
Macedonian
3 entries- же́нка noun (female bird)
- ко́кошка noun (female chicken)
- ко́кошка noun (hen-like woman)
Malay
2 entries- ayam betina noun (female chicken)
- ayam betina noun (female bird)
Maltese
1 entries- tiġieġ noun (female chicken)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡝᠮᡳᠯᡝ ᠴᠣᡴᠣ noun (female chicken)
Mapudungun
1 entries- achao noun (female chicken)
Marathi
1 entries- कोंबडी noun (female chicken)
Mazanderani
1 entries- کرک noun (female chicken)
Megleno-Romanian
1 entries- găľină noun (female chicken)
Meru
1 entries- nguku noun (female chicken)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- go'qoli'gwej noun (female chicken)
Middle Persian
1 entries- kirk noun (female bird)
Mongolian
2 entries- тахиа noun (female chicken)
- эм тахиа noun (female chicken)
Mòcheno
1 entries- henn noun (female chicken)
Māori
3 entries- kātua noun (female bird)
- uha noun (female bird)
- uwha noun (female bird)
Neapolitan
1 entries- gallina noun (female chicken)
Nivkh
1 entries- пʼеӄ noun (female chicken)
Norman
2 entries- g'linne noun (female chicken)
- poule noun (female chicken)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- mirîşk noun (female chicken)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- høne noun (female chicken)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- høne noun (female chicken)
Occitan
1 entries- galina noun (female chicken)
Old English
3 entries- cwēnfugol noun (female bird)
- henn noun (female chicken)
- hænn noun (female chicken)
Old Prussian
1 entries- gerto noun (female chicken)
Ossetian
1 entries- карк noun (female chicken)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طاوق noun (female chicken)
Papiamentu
1 entries- galiña noun (female chicken)
Parthian
1 entries- karga (kirga) noun (female bird)
Pashto
1 entries- چرګه noun (female chicken)
Persian
3 entries- مرغ noun (female chicken)
- مرغ noun (female bird)
- کرک noun (female chicken)
Pirahã
1 entries- páxaihi noun (female chicken)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Han noun (female chicken)
Polish
1 entries- kura noun (female chicken)
Portuguese
4 entries- ave-fêmea noun (female bird)
- galinha noun (female chicken)
- galinha noun (hen-like woman)
- pássara noun (female bird)
Punjabi
2 entries- کُکَّڑی noun (female chicken)
- ਕੁੱਕੜੀ noun (female bird)
Quechua
2 entries- tuqtu noun (female bird)
- wallpa noun (female chicken)
Romanian
1 entries- găină noun (female chicken)
Romansch
1 entries- giaglina noun (female chicken)
Russian
4 entries- ба́ба noun (hen-like woman)
- ку́рица noun (female chicken)
- ку́рочка noun (female bird)
- са́мка noun (female bird)
Sardinian
2 entries- pudda noun (female chicken)
- pudha noun (female chicken)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cearc noun (female chicken)
- cearc noun (female bird)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- koka noun (hen-like woman)
- kòkōška noun (female chicken)
- kȍkōš noun (female chicken)
- ženka noun (female bird)
Sicilian
1 entries- gaddina noun (female chicken)
Slovak
2 entries- kurča noun (female chicken)
- sliepka noun (female chicken)
Slovene
3 entries- koklja noun (female chicken)
- kokoš noun (female chicken)
- kura noun (female chicken)
Sogdian
1 entries- ܡܪܮ noun (female chicken)
Southern Altai
1 entries- така noun (female chicken)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- مامِر noun (female chicken)
Southern Sami
1 entries- vöönhtse noun (female chicken)
Spanish
2 entries- ave hembra noun (female bird)
- gallina noun (female chicken)
Swahili
3 entries- kuku noun (female chicken)
- tembe noun (female chicken)
- tembe noun (female bird)
Swedish
4 entries- brud noun (hen-like woman)
- brutta noun (hen-like woman)
- höna noun (female chicken)
- höna noun (female bird)
Tagalog
1 entries- inahin noun (female chicken)
Tajik
1 entries- мурғ noun (female chicken)
Talysh
1 entries- kağ noun (female chicken)
Tamil
3 entries- கோழி noun (female chicken)
- பெண் noun (female bird)
- பெண் noun (hen-like woman)
Taos
1 entries- lìlúna noun (female chicken)
Tarifit
1 entries- tyaẓiṭ noun (female chicken)
Tashelhit
1 entries- ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵍⵍⵓⵙⵜ noun (female chicken)
Tat
1 entries- kərg noun (female chicken)
Tatar
1 entries- тавык noun (female chicken)
Tedim Chin
1 entries- aak noun (female chicken)
Telugu
2 entries- ఆడపక్షి noun (female bird)
- కోడిపెట్ట noun (female chicken)
Thai
1 entries- แม่ไก่ noun (female chicken)
Tibetan
1 entries- བྱ་མོ noun (female chicken)
Turkish
2 entries- bulli noun (female chicken)
- tavuk noun (female chicken)
Turkmen
1 entries- towuk noun (female chicken)
Tày
1 entries- cáy me̱ noun (female chicken)
Udi
1 entries- кӏокӏоц́ noun (female chicken)
Udmurt
1 entries- курег noun (female chicken)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ку́рка noun (female chicken)
Unami
1 entries- xkwehële noun (female bird)
Urdu
1 entries- مرغی noun (female chicken)
Uyghur
1 entries- مېكىيان noun (female chicken)
Uzbek
1 entries- tovuq noun (female chicken)
Venetan
3 entries- galina noun (female chicken)
- gaƚina noun (female chicken)
- pita noun (female chicken)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gà mái noun (female chicken)
Volapük
2 entries- jigok noun (female chicken)
- nögamajigok (cf. nögön) noun (female chicken)
Walloon
2 entries- glene noun (female chicken)
- poye noun (female chicken)
Welsh
1 entries- iâr noun (female chicken)
West-Frisian
1 entries- hin noun (female chicken)
Wolof
1 entries- ganaar gu jigéen noun (female chicken)
Xârâcùù
1 entries- dö noun (female chicken)
Yakut
1 entries- куурусса noun (female chicken)
Zande
1 entries- kondo noun (female chicken)
Zazaki
1 entries- kerg (diq) noun (female chicken)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The hen sits on her eggs until they hatch.
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The hen was sitting on the eggs in the nest.
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The hen keeps her brood under her.
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