"chicken soup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chicken soups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chicken soup (countable and uncountable, plural chicken soups)
  1. Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient, often thought to cure everyday illnesses such as the common cold. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Food and drink, Soups Translations (soup with chicken as main ingredient): 雞湯 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸡汤 (jītāng) (Chinese Mandarin), hønsekødssuppe (Danish), kippensoep (Dutch), høsnakjøtssuppa [feminine] (Faroese), høsnasuppa [feminine] (Faroese), kanakeitto (Finnish), soupe de poulet [feminine] (French), ჩიხირთმა (čixirtma) (Georgian), Hühnersuppe [feminine] (German), κοτόσουπα (kotósoupa) [feminine] (Greek), sú circe [masculine] (Irish), brodo [masculine] (Italian), チキンスープ (chikinsūpu) (Japanese), anvroie eean [masculine] (Manx), rosół [masculine] (Polish), canja [feminine] (Portuguese), кури́ный суп (kurínyj sup) [masculine] (Russian), slepačia polievka [feminine] (Slovak), sopa de pollo [feminine] (Spanish), caldo de pollo [masculine] (Spanish), kycklingsoppa [common-gender] (Swedish), ซุปไก่ (Thai), גאָלדענע יויך (goldene yoykh) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-chicken_soup-en-noun-97~mJJGy Disambiguation of Food and drink: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Soups: 52 13 12 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 18 9 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 16 9 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 18 11 34 Disambiguation of 'soup with chicken as main ingredient': 80 6 2 12
  2. (figuratively) A cure for a wide variety of illnesses or other problems. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chicken_soup-en-noun-vf1gVmUV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 18 9 35 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 18 11 34
  3. (figuratively) A mixed-up mush. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chicken_soup-en-noun-KW5CEwdj Categories (other): English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 18 11 34
  4. (biochemistry, slang, historical) The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life. Tags: countable, historical, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Liquids
    Sense id: en-chicken_soup-en-noun-4m2eWy-~ Disambiguation of Liquids: 30 14 11 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 18 9 35 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 18 11 34 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "soup with chicken as main ingredient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosół"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "soup with chicken as main ingredient",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "canja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kurínyj sup",
      "sense": "soup with chicken as main ingredient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кури́ный суп"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "soup with chicken as main ingredient",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slepačia polievka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "soup with chicken as main ingredient",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sopa de pollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "soup with chicken as main ingredient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caldo de pollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "soup with chicken as main ingredient",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kycklingsoppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "soup with chicken as main ingredient",
      "word": "ซุปไก่"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "goldene yoykh",
      "sense": "soup with chicken as main ingredient",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גאָלדענע יויך"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "chicken soup"
  ],
  "word": "chicken soup"
}

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