galinha

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Inherited from Portuguese galinha, from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha, from Latin gallīna.

Noun

galinha

1. hen
2. chicken

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• galỹa, galinna

Etymology

Inherited from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ˈli.ɲa/, /ɡa.ˈlĩ.j̃a/

Noun

galinha f

1. hen
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 308 (facsimile):

     a outra […] foi com ouo de galỹa

     the other […] had the size of a hen’s egg

Descendants

• Galician: galiña
• Portuguese: galinha (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "galinha"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha (“hen”), from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”). Compare Galician galiña.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlĩ.ɲɐ/ [ɡaˈlĩ.j̃ɐ], /ɡaˈʎĩ.ɲɐ/ [ɡaˈʎĩ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlĩ.ɲɐ/ [ɡaˈlĩ.j̃ɐ], /ɡaˈʎĩ.ɲɐ/ [ɡaˈʎĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈli.ɲa/, /ɡaˈʎi.ɲa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈli.ɲɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɲɐ
• Hyphenation: ga‧li‧nha

Noun

galinha f (plural galinhas)

1. hen
2. chicken (meat)
3. (Brazil, slang, derogatory) a person (especially a woman) who is almost never single

Derived terms

• pele de galinha

Related terms

• galo
• galinheiro

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: galinha
• Papiamentu: galiña

Adjective

galinha m or f (plural galinhas)

1. (Brazil, of a woman) who is virtually always seen with a partner

Further reading

• “galinha” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “galinha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.