"cockerel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒkəɹəl/ [UK], /ˈkɒkɹəl/ [UK], /ˈkɑkəɹəl/ [General-American], /ˈkɑkɹəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cockerel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cockerels [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English kokerel, equivalent to cock + -rel. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kokerel}} Middle English kokerel, {{suffix|en|cock|rel}} cock + -rel Head templates: {{en-noun}} cockerel (plural cockerels)
  1. A young male chicken. Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Chickens, Male animals, Poultry Related terms: cock, chicken, hen, rooster Translations (young male chicken): пе́тле (pétle) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pollastre (Catalan), pollet (Catalan), butza (quan encara no té plomes) (Catalan), 小公雞 (Chinese Mandarin), 小公鸡 (xiǎo gōngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), kohoutek [masculine] (Czech), poluastro [masculine] (Dalmatian), hanekylling (Danish), haantje [neuter] (Dutch), kukepoeg (Estonian), kukonpoika (Finnish), coquelet [masculine] (French), ყვინჩილა (q̇vinčila) (Georgian), Hähnchen [neuter] (German), Junghahn [masculine] (German), junger Hahn [masculine] (German), πετεινάρι (peteinári) [neuter] (Greek), κοκοράκι (kokoráki) [neuter] (Greek), kiskakas (Hungarian), galletto [masculine] (Italian), pollastra [feminine] (Italian), pollastro [masculine] (Italian), gailēns [masculine] (Latvian), петле (petle) [neuter] (Macedonian), eean kellee [masculine] (Manx), kogucik [masculine] (Polish), frango [masculine] (Portuguese), کُکَڑ (kukaṛ) [Shahmukhi] (Punjabi), cocoșel [masculine] (Romanian), петушо́к (petušók) [masculine] (Russian), kohútik [masculine] (Slovak), gallo [masculine] (Spanish), gallito [masculine] (Spanish), jimbi (Swahili), tatandangin (Tagalog), سوک (suk) (Talysh), higokül (Volapük), бөтүүкчээн (bötüükceen) (Yakut)

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      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi"
      ],
      "word": "کُکَڑ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cocoșel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "petušók",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "петушо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kohútik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gallito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "word": "jimbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "word": "tatandangin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tly",
      "lang": "Talysh",
      "roman": "suk",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "word": "سوک"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "word": "higokül"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "bötüükceen",
      "sense": "young male chicken",
      "word": "бөтүүкчээн"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cockerel"
}

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