Translation
rooster, cockerel; chicken (the bird)
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Word origin
Traced to French coq and its relatives, an imitative root that copies the bird's call rather than describing it. Latin had gallus instead, which is why the word looks Germanic and English rather than Romance.
- Origin
- French, imitative
- Root
- coq
- English cognates
- cock, cockerel
Examples
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The rooster woke us in the morning.
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A fox stole the chicken from the yard.
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We have a rooster and three hens.
Because exists, on its own leans male: the rooster in the yard, the bird that crows. It is still the species name when no sex is meant, so is fine for a mixed flock and only pedants will object. Two derivations save you a lot of circling: is a chick, with -- for the young of a creature, and o is chicken as meat, with -- for the stuff a thing is made into. Order o in a restaurant and on a farm.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 19, lesson 8: koko, reprezenti, transporti and 6 more words.