Dictionary

cockerel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɑkɹəl/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɒkəɹəl/ (UK)
• /ˈkɒkɹəl/ (UK)
• /ˈkɑkəɹəl/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English kokerel. By surface analysis, cock + -rel.

Meanings

1. A young male chicken.
   • “Mrs. Boast can’t have got all these from one hatching,” [Ma] said. “I do believe there’s not more than two cockerels among them.” “The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this flock, looking on them as meat.” 1941, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie:
   • He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

hen · chicken · cock · rooster

Translations (44)

kix vēupōngtshòu (young male chicken) · it galletto (young male chicken) · nl haantje (young male chicken) · el πετεινάρι (young male chicken) · mk петле (young male chicken) · enm kokerel (young male chicken) · ja 若いおんどり (young male chicken) · sah бөтүүкчээн (young male chicken) · et kukepoeg (young male chicken) · el κοκοράκι (young male chicken) · de Junghahn (young male chicken) · it pollastro (young male chicken) · gv eean kellee (young male chicken) · ota خروسجق (young male chicken) · fi kukonpoika (young male chicken) · fr coquelet (young male chicken) · ru петушо́к (young male chicken) · vo higokül (young male chicken) · lv gailēns (young male chicken) · hu kiskakas (young male chicken) · ko 어린 수탉 (young male chicken) · unm wëskihële (young male chicken) · tly سوک (young male chicken) · pt frango (young male chicken) · cs kohoutek (young male chicken) · de junger Hahn (young male chicken) · sw jimbi (young male chicken) · sk kohútik (young male chicken) · es gallo (young male chicken) · ca pollet (young male chicken) · bg пе́тле (young male chicken) · da hanekylling (young male chicken) · ka ყვინჩილა (young male chicken) · pl kogucik (young male chicken) · pa کُکَڑ (young male chicken) · es gallito (young male chicken) · ro cocoșel (young male chicken) · tl tatandangin (young male chicken) · ca pollastre (young male chicken) · ca butza (quan encara no té plomes) (young male chicken) · de Hähnchen (young male chicken) · it pollastra (young male chicken) · dlm poluastro (young male chicken) · cmn 小公雞 /小公鸡 (young male chicken)