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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Chicken \Chick"en\, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock;
     akin to LG. kiken, k["u]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G.
     k["u]chkein. See Cock the animal.]
     1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden;
        same as spring chicken. ``Stella is no chicken.''
        --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so
        called because first studied during the prevalence of a
        cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true
        cholera.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Chicken \Chick"en\, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock;
     akin to LG. kiken, k["u]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G.
     k["u]chkein. See Cock the animal.]
     1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
  
     2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden.
        ``Stella is no chicken.'' --Swift.
  
     Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so
        called because first studied during the prevalence of a
        cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true
        cholera.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  chicken
       adj : easily frightened [syn: chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered,
              yellow, yellow-bellied]
       n 1: the flesh of a chicken used for food [syn: poulet, volaille]
       2: a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have
          been developed from the red jungle fowl [syn: Gallus
          gallus]
       3: a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
          [syn: wimp, crybaby]
       4: a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is
          continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  chicken
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ πουλί en) κοτόπουλο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  chicken
     Scots n.
     (l en chicken)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Chicken
     n.
     (place en census-designated place s/Alaska).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  chicken
     a.
     (lb en informal) cowardly.
     n.
     (lb en countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually,
  ''Gallus gallus''; sometimes, (taxlink Gallus gallus domesticus
  subspecies ver=220701) or (taxlink Gallus domesticus species
  ver=220701)), especially so-called when young.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
     n.
     (lb en UK dialectal or obsolete) (plural of en chick)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Chicken
     n.
     (place en census-designated place s/Alaska).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  chicken
     a.
     (lb en informal) cowardly.
     n.
     (lb en countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually,
  ''Gallus gallus''; sometimes, (taxlink Gallus gallus domesticus
  subspecies ver=220701) or (taxlink Gallus domesticus species
  ver=220701)), especially so-called when young.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
     n.
     (lb en UK dialectal or obsolete) (plural of en chick)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Chicken
     n.
     (place en census-designated place s/Alaska).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  chicken
     a.
     (lb en informal) cowardly.
     n.
     (lb en countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually,
  ''Gallus gallus''; sometimes, (taxlink Gallus gallus domesticus
  subspecies ver=220701) or (taxlink Gallus domesticus species
  ver=220701)), especially so-called when young.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
     n.
     (lb en UK dialectal or obsolete) (plural of en chick)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Chicken
     n.
     (place en census-designated place s/Alaska).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  chicken
     Englanti n.
     1 kana
     2 (yhteys: keittiö) broileri
     3 lapsukainen
     4 nulikka
     5 (kuva) pelkuri

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  chicken
     Engelska a.
     (tagg språk=en slang) feg
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg språk=en kat=djurungar) kyckling; ung fågel av hönsfågel
     2 (tagg språk=en fåglar) (tam)höns; fågel i familjen hönsfåglar
     3 (tagg språk=en kat=kött) kött från kyckling eller höna
     4 (tagg språk=en slang) feg person, fegis
     Engelska vb.
     1 dra sig ur på grund av rädsla; "banga"
     2 få gåshud

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  1. hen
  2. hoender

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  الدجاجة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  chicken //ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn// 
  1. кокошка, пиле, ярка, петел
  bird
  2. пъзльо, страхливец
  coward
  3. пиле, пилешко
  meat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/ 
  zbabělec

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  slepičí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  kuře

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/ 
  kuřecí

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
   [coll.] Feigling , Angsthase , Hasenfuß  [veraltend] , Trauminet  [Ös.] , Dadalotsch  [Ös.] , Knira  [Ös.]  [ugs.]
     Synonyms: coward, faint heart, scaredy-cat, fraidy cat, craven, yellow-belly
  
   see: cowards, faint hearts, chickens, fraidy cats, cravens, yellow-bellies
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  Huhn , Hinkel , Hendl  [Bayr.]  [Ös.] , Pipihenderl  [Bayr.]  [Ös.]  [Kindersprache]  [ornith.]  [agr.]  [cook.]
        "black feather chicken"  - Schwarzfederhuhn
        "get up (early) with the chickens"  - mit den Hühnern aufstehen
        "go to bed (early) with the chickens"  - mit den Hühnern zu Bett gehen
        "look like a plucked chicken/a shorn sheep"  - wie ein gerupftes Huhn aussehen
     Synonym: chook
  
   see: chickens, hybrid chicken, Swedish Black Chicken, Svarthöna, have an axe to grind with sb., I have a bone to pick with him., Every dog has its day.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  feige, feig, memmenhaft [geh.] , hasenfüßig  [veraltet]
        "be a chicken"  - feige sein
     Synonyms: cowardly, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, pigeon-hearted, yellow, craven, pusillanimous, gutless, lily-livered, yellow-bellied
  
   see: be yellow, have no guts
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  Hühnerfleisch , Hähnchenfleisch , Hähnchen  [cook.]
     Synonym: chicken meat
  
   see: chicken nuggets
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  
  κοτόπουλο

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  chicken //ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn// 
  1. kana, kananpoika
  bird
  2. pelkuri, arkajalka, jänishousu
  coward
  3. broileri, kana, kananpoika
  meat

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  chicken /tʃikən/
  1. poulet
  2. poussin
  3. poule

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  chicken /tʃikən/
  cearc

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/ 
  1. मुर्गी
        "Our neighbour keeps chickens."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  kokoš, picek, pile, piletina, pileći

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  1. tyúk
  2. csibe
  3. baromfi
  4. csirke
  5. jérce

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  chicken //ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn// 
  1. ayam, manuk
  bird
  2. penakut, pengecut
  coward
  3. ayam
  meat

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  1. gallina
  2. pollo

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  chicken //ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn// 
  1. 鶏, 臼辺鳥
  bird
  2. 鶏肉, チキン, 黄鶏
  meat

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  chicken /tʃikən/
  gallina

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  chicken /'tʃıkın/ 
  1. višta, viščiukas
  2. višta, vištiena
  3. paukščiukas
  4. (šnek.) vaikutis
  5. (šnek.) bailutis

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  chicken //ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn// 
  1. feiging
  coward
  2. kylling, høne 2.
  meat
   3.
  bird

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  chicken /ˈʧɪkɪn/
  I.   1.  kurczę
   2.  [nieform]  tchórz
  II.  chicken out /tʃˈɪkɪn ˈaʊt/  [nieform]   wystraszyć się, spłoszyć się

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  chicken /tʃikən/
  1. frango
  2. galinha

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  chicken /tʃikən/
  1. pollo
  2. gallina

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  chicken //ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn// 
  1. höna, kyckling
  bird
  2. fegis, mes
  coward
  3. kyckling, höna
  meat

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  chicken /tʃˈɪkɪn/
  1. piliç, tavuk
  2. tavuk veya diğer kümes hayvanlannın eti
  3. (k.dili) toy kimse
  4. (A.B.D.), (argo) genç kız
  5. (argo) korkak, ödlek
  6. (argo), out (ile) korkudan çekinmek. chicken feed (argo) bozuk para, az para. chicken-hearted  korkak. chicken pox suçiçeği.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtʃɪkən/

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Chicken, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
     Population (2000):    17
     Housing Units (2000): 21
     Land area (2000):     115.411025 sq. miles (298.913169 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    115.411025 sq. miles (298.913169 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            13450
     Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
     Location:             64.070738 N, 141.874894 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Chicken, AK
      Chicken
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  281 Moby Thesaurus words for "chicken":
     Ancona, Andalusian, Australorp, Bantam, Brahma, Campine, Cochin,
     Cornish, Cornish hen, Hamburg, Hershey bar, Leghorn,
     Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, New Hampshire red, Orpington, Percy,
     Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island red, Rock Cornish, Sumatra, Sussex,
     afraid, anemic, asthenic, auntie, aviation badge, baby, back out,
     badge, banty, bar, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, bi-guy, biddy,
     big baby, bisexual, black Minorca, black Spanish, black Sumatra,
     bloodless, blue Orpington, boggle, broiler, brooder, broody hen,
     buff Orpington, bull dyke, butch, caille, canard, caneton, capon,
     catamite, chanticleer, chapon, chevron, chick, chickabiddy,
     chicken liver, chicken out, chickenhearted, chicky, cock, cockerel,
     coward, cowardly, cowed, craven, cream puff, crybaby, dastard,
     daunted, debilitated, desert under fire, dindon, dismayed,
     domestic fowl, doormat, drake, drooping, droopy, duck, duckling,
     dull, dull tool, dunghill fowl, dyke, eagle, effeminate, effete,
     epaulet, etiolated, fag, faggot, faint, fainthearted, faintish,
     fairy, faisan, falter, fearful, feeble, femme, flabby, flaccid,
     flit, floppy, fowl, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, fricatrice, fruit,
     fryer, funk, funk out, funker, funking, funky, game fowl, gander,
     get cold feet, gobbler, gone, goody-goody, goose, gosling, grouse,
     guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, gunsel, gutless,
     gutless wonder, hash mark, hen, hen turkey, henhearted, homo,
     homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, imbecile, impotent,
     insignia of branch, intimidated, invert, invertebrate, jellyfish,
     languid, languorous, lesbian, lightweight, lily, lily liver,
     lily-livered, limber, limp, listless, lose courage, lustless,
     marrowless, meek soul, milk-livered, milksop, milksoppish,
     milksoppy, mollycoddle, mouse, mousy, muliebrous, namby-pamby,
     nance, nancy, nebbish, nerveless, nonentity, oak leaf, oie,
     old woman, old-womanish, organization insignia, overseas bar,
     overtimid, overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pansy, pantywaist,
     parachute badge, partlet, partridge, patch, pathic, pheasant,
     pigeon, pigeonhearted, pigeonneau, pip, pithless, poltroon,
     poltroonish, pooped, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry, powerless,
     prissy, pullet, punk, pushover, pusillanimous, quail, queen, queer,
     quitter, rabbity, roaster, rooster, rubbery, sad sack, sapless,
     sapphist, scaredy-cat, scuttle, service stripe, setting hen,
     shoulder patch, shoulder sleeve insignia, sinewless, sissified,
     sissy, sissyish, skedaddle, slack, soft, softling, softy, sop,
     speckled Sussex, spineless, spread eagle, spring chicken,
     spunkless, squab, star, stewing chicken, strengthless, stripe,
     submarine badge, timid, timorous, tom, tom turkey, tribade, turkey,
     turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, unhardened, unmanly, unmanned,
     unnerved, unstrung, volaille, weak, weak sister, weak-kneed,
     weakhearted, weakling, weakly, white Orpington,
     white Plymouth Rock, white Wyandotte, white feather, white liver,
     white-livered, wild duck, womanish, yellow
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 小鸡,鸡肉;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 小鸡,鸡肉;胆小鬼

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