cockerel
English
Etymology
From Middle English kokerel, equivalent to cock + -rel.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkɒkəɹəl/, /ˈkɒkɹəl/
Audio (UK): (file) - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkɑkəɹəl/, /ˈkɑkɹəl/
Noun
cockerel (plural cockerels)
- A young male chicken.
- 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:
- He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour.
Related terms
Translations
young male chicken
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- en:Chickens
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