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rooster en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • roo͞'stər (US)
  • /ˈɾuːstə/ (Wales)
  • /ˈɹʉwstə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɹuːstə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɻʉstəɻ/ (Northern-Ireland)
  • /ˈɹustɚ/ (US)
  • /ˈɾʉstəɾ/ (Scotland)
  • (US) audio
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɹʉːstə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From roost + -er. In the regions where it is used, displaced cock through taboo avoidance. Compare typologically Russian насе́дка (nasédka) (akin to наси́живать (nasíživatʹ), also akin to насе́ст (nasést)).

Meanings

  1. (Australia, Canada, Kent, New-Zealand, US, countable, uncountable) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
    • Chalk a circle for a rooster. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 616:
    • Their other dish […] contain'd a number of roast fowls—half a dozen, we suppose, & all roosters at this season no doubt. 1772 March 14, A.G. Winslow, Diary:
    • The produce of two hens and a cock, or rooster, as the Yankees term that bird. 1836, Catharine Parr Traill, The Backwoods of Canada, page 308:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
    • The more leisured flight of the roosters [sc. starlings] was in contrast to the steady procession of the migrants. 1949, British Birds, 42, p. 323:
    • Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators. 1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications:
  3. (countable, figuratively, obsolete, slang, uncountable) An informer.
  4. (countable, figuratively, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A violent or disorderly person.
  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
  6. (New-Zealand, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A man.
  7. (US, countable, historical, regional, uncountable) A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
    • In April they played Hens and Roosters, yoking their wild white and blue violets to see which would get its head pulled off. 1946, Conrad Richter, The Fields, page 231:
  8. (US, obsolete, slang, uncountable) Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.
    • American demoralisation... has carried rooster into the halls of republican legislation, where it indicates a bill or proposed law which will remunerate the legislators. 1869 July, Southern Review, page 54:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
roosters Number=Plur lexicographic
roo alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

hen (male chicken)

Deriveds

roosterish · roosterlike · roosterhood · rooster sauce · roosterfish · roosterless · rooster-tail · roostership · roostertail · roosterness · rooster booster · cock rooster · roosterly

Hypernyms

fowl (male chicken) · chicken (male chicken)

Hyponyms

cockerel (male chicken)

Relateds

cock-a-doodle-doo · roost

Synonyms

cock (male chicken) · cock of the walk (pompous person) · cock of the roost (pompous person) · informant (informant) · brawler (violent person) · man (man) · important person (powerful person)

Translations (216)

pl kur (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ka მამალი (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · eo kokiĉo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hi कुक्कुट (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh хороз (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · kix vēupōng (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · da hane (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh horoz (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sms ååʹreskääʹnn (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · nup bishe ebá (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ary فروج (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · id jago (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hrx Haan (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · io hanulo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · fa خروس (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · el αλέκτορας (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ast pitu (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · cv автан (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · khb ᦺᦂᧈᦗᦴᧉ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · da kok (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hi मुर्ग़ा (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ltg gaiļs (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · fi kukko (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · he שֶׂכְוִי (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ba әтәс (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · id ayam jago (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · nap gallo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · grc ἀλέκτωρ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ia gallo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ru ко́чет (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sga caileach (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · vec gàło (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ko 수탉 (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ug خوراز (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · lad gayo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · swb kukui (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · km មាន់ឈ្មោល (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · kmr dîkil (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · th ไก่ตัวผู้ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · cu коуръ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · grc ἀλεκτρυών (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ur مرغا (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh pijetao (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · zza dik (diq) (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · de Hahn (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh певац (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · za gaeqboux (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mi pīkaokao (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · it gallo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · zdj kuɗume (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ru пе́вень (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · cu кокотъ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · bcl sulog (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · cy ceiliog (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · got 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ceb sunoy (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · uk пі́вень (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh petao (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · lv gailis (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ca gall (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sq kokosh (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · az xoruz (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · wa cok (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · fy hoanne (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · gsw Hane (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · vi con gà trống (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ota خروس (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · cmn 公雞 /公鸡 (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hy աքլոր (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mfe kok (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · oc gal (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mn эр тахиа (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sl petelin (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ks کۄکُر (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · tl rooster (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mic nape'w (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mr कोंबडा (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · pt galo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · jv jago (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sa कुक्कुट (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · gsw Guli (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sc pudhu (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · et kikas (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · tk horaz (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · oj naabese (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · et kukk (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mt serduk (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · gd coileach (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hsb kapon (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mic lape'w (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · kk қораз (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · te కోడిపుంజు (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sdh کەڵەشێر (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · el κόκορας (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ml പൂവങ്കോഴി (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sq gjel (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · pdt Hon (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · chr ᎠᏨᏯ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ccc kayo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · is hani (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · tyz cáy phủ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hi मुरगा (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · wo séq gi (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ee koklotsu (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hy խորոզ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · am አውራ ዶሮ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · te రూస్టర్ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · gu કૂકડો (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · fo hani (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ro cocoș (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · yo àkùkọ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · su hayam jago (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · scn jaddu (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hsb honač (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · gv kellagh (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · alt уйа базар куш (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ru пету́х (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hy աքաղաղ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · qu k'anka (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh пијевац (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · fur gjal (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · crh qoraz (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · arz ديك (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ckt ӄԓегтанӈыгатԓе (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mt serduq (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · om kormaa (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · pl kokot (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · dsb kokot (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ja 雄鳥 (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mi tame heihei (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ne भाले (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · my ကြက်ဖ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · twf gòyuʼúna (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hu kakas (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ce нӏаьна (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · be пе́вень (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · nds Hahn (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · gsw Güggel (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · cs kohout (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · br kilhog (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · id ayam jantan (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · el πετεινός (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · scn gaddu (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ar دِيك (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sah бөтүүк (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · nan-hbl 雞公 /鸡公 (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · af haan (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · nv naaʼahóóhai bikąʼí (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · lo ສະກາ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · aeb سردوك (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sk kohút (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · cmn 雄雞 /雄鸡 (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · uk ко́кош (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · bg пете́л (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ur خروس (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · he תרנגול (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · cic aka̠nakni' (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · pap gai (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ckb کەلەباب (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ms ayam jantan (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · tl tandang (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · tr horoz (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · kk әтеш (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sdh کڵەشێر (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · myv атякш (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · he גֶּבֶר (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · lt gaidys (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · es gallo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mnc ᠠᠮᡳᠯᠠ ᠴᠣᡴᠣ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · kmr dîk (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ga coileach (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · eo virkoko (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · vo higok (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · acw ديك (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · rif yaẓiḍ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · no hane (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh пијетао (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · nl haan (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ckb کەڵەشێر (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · lad גאייו (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh петао (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · tyz cáy po̱ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ang hana (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · be пяту́х (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · vi gà trống (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · niv арфэӄ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · or ଗଞ୍ଜା (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mzn تلا (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · shi ayaẓiḍ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · mk петел (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh pevac (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sw jogoo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · kum хораз (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · rgn gal (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sh pijevac (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · pl kogut (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · shi afullus (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · bjn hayam jagau (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ky короз (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · uk ко́гут (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · yue 雞公 /鸡公 (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · la gallus (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · sv tupp (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ce боргӏал (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · crh horaz (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · udi дадал (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · gl galo (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · uz xo'roz (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ta சேவல் (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · fr coq (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · frp jal (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · hsb kokot (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · eu oilar (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · kum дедукъ (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ast gallu (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) · ban manuk (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird)