peahen

English

Two peahens.

Etymology

From Middle English pehenne, equivalent to pea (“peafowl”) +‎ hen. Compare Icelandic páhæna (“peahen”). See also peacock, peafowl, peachick, etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.hɛn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

peahen (plural peahens)

1. A female peafowl.
   • 2014, Bill Nye, ‎Corey S. Powell, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation:

     It shows the peahens that the peacock is strong.

Related terms

• hen
• peachick
• peacock
• peafowl

Translations

female of peafowl

• Asturian: pava (ast)
• Breton: paunez (br) f
• Burmese: ဒေါင်းမ (my) (daung:ma.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 母孔雀 (mǔkǒngquè)

• Czech: pávice f
• Esperanto: pavino
• French: paonne (fr) f
• German: Pfauhenne (de) f
• Hindi: मोरनी (hi) f (mornī)
• Icelandic: páhæna f
• Ido: pavonino (io)
• Indonesian: merak betina
• Irish: cearc phéacóige f
• Japanese: 雌孔雀 (mesukujaku)
• Korean: 암공작속 (amgongjaksok)
• Latin: pāva f
• Macedonian: пауница f (paunica)
• Pali: mayūrī f or f pl, mayūriyo f pl
• Polish: pawica (pl) f
• Portuguese: pavoa (pt) f
• Romanian: păuniță (ro) f
• Russian: па́ва (ru) f (páva)
• Sanskrit: मयूरी (sa) f (mayūrī)
• Santali: ᱮᱸᱜᱟ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱜ (ẽga marak’)
• Serbo-Croatian: paunica (sh) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pawa f

• Swedish: påfågelhona c
• Volapük: jipaf (vo)
• Welsh: peunes f