cockerel (ˈkɒkərəl
;ˈkɒkrəl)
Definitions
noun
- a young domestic cock, usually less than a year old
Word Origin
C15: diminutive of cockC15: diminutive of 1Translations
- British English:
cockerel
A cockerel is a young male chicken.ˈkɒkərəl; ˈkɒkrəl NOUN
- Spanish:
gallito
nm
- French:
coquelet
nm
- German: junger Hahn nm junge Hähne
- Chinese: 小公鸡 n
- Arabic: دِيك صَغِير n
- Portuguese: galo nm
- Russian: петушок nm
- Croatian: pijetlić nm
- Czech: mladý kohout nm
- Danish: hanekylling nutr
- Dutch: haan nm
- Finnish: kukonpoika n
- Greek: κοκοράκι nnt
- Italian: galletto nm
- Japanese: 若いおんどり n
- Korean: 수평아리 n
- Norwegian: hanekylling nm
- Polish: kogucik nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: galo nm
- European Spanish:
gallito
nm
- Swedish: tuppkyckling nutr
- Thai: ไก่ที่มีอายุน้อยกว่าหนึ่งปี n
- Turkish: horoz n
- Vietnamese: gà giò n
Usage examples
ve feathers in all, about the size of the curving feathers in a cockerel 's tail.
, THE GOLDEN FOOL: Book Two of the Tawny Man (2002)On Tuesday morning, I watched a report on Channel 5 News about a genetically engineered nude cockerel.
Spiked (2002)The cockerel motif that you see all over Portugal has its origins in a 16th-century ``miracle'.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)THERE must be something in the water... Georgina, the chicken that turned into a cockerel , is not alone!
Sun, News of the World (1999)In a nearby yard a cockerel crowed and Chase glanced up at the sky.
, SHARPE'S TRAFALGAR (2001)