cock-a-doodle-doo

See also: cockadoodledoo

English

Alternative forms

• cockadoodledoo, cocka-doodle-doo, cock a doodle doo, cocka doodle doo, cock-a-doodle-do, cockadoodledo, cock a doodle do, cocka-doodle-do, cocka doodle do

Etymology

A rooster crowing.

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒkəˌduːdəlˈduː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑkəˌdudəlˈdu/

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• Rhymes: -uː

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Interjection

cock-a-doodle-doo

1. Imitative of the cry of the rooster.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 5, column 1:

     Hark, hark, I heare, the ſtraine of ſtrutting Chanticlere cry cockadidle-dowe.

   • 1875 July 23, Sydney Punch, page 1, column 1:

     Chook, chook, quack, quack, / Cock-a-doodle-doo; / All the ducks and the fowls / Admire me, they do.

Derived terms

• fuck-a-doodle-doo

Translations

cry of the rooster

• Afrikaans: koekelekoe
• Akan: kokrokoo
• Albanian: kikirikiki
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} كُوكُوكِعُو‎ (kūkūkiʕū)
• Armenian: ծուղրուղու (hy) (cułrułu)
• Azerbaijani: quqquluqu (az)
• Basque: kukurruku (eu)
• Belarusian: кукарэку́ (kukarekú)
• Bikol Central: tukturaok (bcl)
• Bulgarian: кукуригу (kukurigu)
• Burmese: အောက်အီးအီးအွတ်
• Catalan: quiquiriquic (ca), quequerequec (ca), quicaraquic (ca), cocorococ (ca)
• Cebuano: tuktugaok
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咕咕咕 (gūgūgū), 喔喔喔 (wōwōwō)

• Czech: kikirikí, kykyryký
• Danish: kykkeliky, kykliky (da), kykeliky
• Dutch: kukeleku (nl)
• Esperanto: kokeriko
• Estonian: kikerikii, kukeleegu (et)
• Faroese: kakkulárakó
• Finnish: kukkokiekuu (fi)
• French: cocorico (fr)
• Georgian: ყიყლიყო (q̇iq̇liq̇o)
• German: kikeriki (de) m
• Greek: κουκουρίκου (el) (koukouríkou), κικιρίκου (el) (kikiríkou)
• Hebrew: קוּקוּרִיקוּ‎ (he) (kukurikú)
• Hindi: कुक्रूकु (kukrūku)
• Hungarian: kukurikú (hu), kukorikú, kukorékolás (hu)
• Icelandic: gaggalagó, gaggalagú
• Indonesian: kukuruyuk (id)
• Irish: coc-a-dúdal-dú
• Italian: chicchirichì (it), (dated) cuccurucù
• Japanese: コケコッコー (ja), こけこっこー, こけこっこう (kokekokkō)
• Kannada: ಕೊಕ್ಕೊಕ್ಕೋ (kn) (kokkokkō)
• Korean: 꼬끼오 (ko) (kkokkio), 꼬끼오 꼬꼬 (kkokkio kkokko)
• Latin: cocococo, coco coco
• Latvian: kikerigū
• Limburgish: kukelieku
• Lingala: kokolikó
• Lithuanian: kakariekū
• Macedonian: кукурику́ (kukurikú)
• Maltese: kukuriku
• Maori: tekekō
• Navajo: iʼííʼą́óó
• Norwegian: kykeliky (no)
• Polish: kukuryku (pl)
• Portuguese: cocorocó (pt) m, cocoricó (pt) m
• Romanian: cucurigu (ro)
• Russian: кукареку́ (ru) (kukarekú)
• Sanskrit: काक (sa) (kāka)
• Scots: cock-a-roora-koo
• Scottish Gaelic: gog-a-ghuidhe-ghaoidhe
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кукурику

  Latin: kukuriku

• Sicilian: cucurucù
• Slovak: kikirikí
• Slovene: kikirikȋ (sl)
• Southern Dagaare: konkoliirikoo
• Spanish: quiquiriquí (es), cocorocó, cocoricó
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kuckeliku (sv)
• Tagalog: tiktilaok
• Tamil: கொக்கரக்கோ (kokkarakkō)
• Thai: เอ้กอีเอ้กเอ้ก
• Tibetan: ཀོད་ཀོའི་ཀོད (kod ko'i kod)
• Turkish: ü-ürü-ü
• Ukrainian: кукуріку́ (kukurikú)
• Vietnamese: ò ó o, o o (vi)
• Warray: tuktugaok
• Zazaki: qıtqıtaq, ü-ürü-ü

Noun

cock-a-doodle-doo (plural cock-a-doodle-doos)

1. The cry of the rooster.