drumstick

See also: drum stick

English

Etymology

From drum +‎ stick.

Noun

drumstick (plural drumsticks)

1. A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]
2. The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.]
3. (India) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods. [from 19th c.]

Alternative forms

• (stick used to play drums): drum stick

Synonyms

• (chicken): chicken leg

Coordinate terms

• (chicken): chicken thigh, thigh

Related terms

• (chicken): drumette

Translations

stick used to play drums

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼓槌 (zh) (gǔchuí), 鼓棒 (gǔbàng)

• Danish: trommestik (da) c
• Dutch: drumstokje, drumstok
• Finnish: rumpukapula (fi)
• French: baguette (fr) f
• German: Trommelstock m, Schlegel (de) m
• Hausa: gulā̀ f, makaɗi
• Hungarian: dobverő (hu)
• Icelandic: trommukjuði m
• Ido: tamburo-bastono (io)
• Irish: bata druma m
• Italian: bacchetta (it)
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• Japanese: ドラムスティック (doramusutikku), 桴 (ja) (bachi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trommestikke (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: trommestikke f

• Polish: pałki f, pałeczki (pl) f
• Portuguese: baqueta (pt) f
• Russian: бараба́нная па́лочка f (barabánnaja páločka)
• Scottish Gaelic: bioran-druma m
• Spanish: baqueta (es) f, palillo (es) m
• Swedish: trumpinne c, trumstock c
• Vietnamese: dùi trống, dùi (vi)
• Yiddish: פּויקשטעקל n (poykshtekl)

leg bone of a chicken or other fowl

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雞髀／鸡髀 (gai¹ bei²), 鸡髀 (gai¹ bei²), 雞肶／鸡肶 (gai¹ bei²), 鸡肶 (gai¹ bei²), 雞槌／鸡槌 (gai¹ ceoi^4-2), 鸡槌 (gai¹ ceoi^4-2)

  Mandarin: 雞腿／鸡腿 (zh) (jītuǐ), 鸡腿 (zh) (jītuǐ)

• Danish: kyllingelår n, hønselår n
• Finnish: kanankoipi
• French: pilon (fr) m
• German: Hähnchenkeule (de) f
• Indonesian: paha bawah ayam
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• Irish: lorga f
• Malay: paha ayam
• Polish: nóżka (pl) f
• Russian: но́жка (ru) f (nóžka)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: פּאָלקע f (polke)

Further reading

• drum stick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English drumstick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrʏm.stɪk/
• Hyphenation: drum‧stick

Noun

drumstick m (plural drumsticks, diminutive drumstickje n)

1. A drumstick, the lower leg of a fowl (especially a chicken).
2. (uncommon) A drumstick, a stick used for drumming.

   Synonym: drumstok

Hyponyms

• (lower leg of a fowl): kippenpoot