Chick — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

young bird especially of domestic fowl

informal terms for a (young) woman

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈuːəli/

🇬🇧British English

/klˈambəz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/klˈambəz/

1 syllable Say it as /kɹˈuːəli/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

doll biddy dame bird wench skirt

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Küken

Jungvogel, insbesondere von Hausgeflügel

🇫🇷French

poussin

jeune oiseau, en particulier de volaille domestique

🇪🇸Spanish

polluelo

pájaro joven, especialmente de aves domésticas

🇮🇹Italian

pulcino

giovane uccello soprattutto di volatili domestici

🇳🇱Dutch

kuiken

jonge vogels, vooral van tamme vogels

🇵🇹Portuguese

garota

pássaro jovem, especialmente de aves domésticas

🇷🇺Russian

цыпленок

молодая птица, особенно домашняя птица

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चूजा

विशेषकर घरेलू मुर्गी का युवा पक्षी

🇧🇩Bengali

ছানা

তরুণ পাখি বিশেষ করে গৃহপালিত পাখি

🇮🇳Tamil

குஞ்சு

குறிப்பாக வீட்டுக் கோழிகளின் இளம் பறவை

🇮🇳Telugu

కోడిపిల్ల

యువ పక్షి ముఖ్యంగా దేశీయ కోడి

🇮🇳Marathi

चिक

तरुण पक्षी विशेषतः घरगुती पक्षी

🇮🇳Gujarati

બચ્ચું

ખાસ કરીને ઘરેલું મરઘીનું યુવાન પક્ષી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮರಿಯನ್ನು

ಎಳೆಯ ಹಕ್ಕಿ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ದೇಶೀಯ ಕೋಳಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കോഴിക്കുഞ്ഞ്

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് വളർത്തു കോഴികളുടെ ഇളം പക്ഷി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੁਰਗੀ

ਜਵਾਨ ਪੰਛੀ ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਘਰੇਲੂ ਪੰਛੀਆਂ ਦਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

چوزہ

نوجوان پرندہ خصوصاً گھریلو پرندوں کا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

小鸡

幼鸟，尤其是家禽

🇯🇵Japanese

ひよこ

特に家禽の幼鳥

🇰🇷Korean

병아리

어린 새, 특히 가금류

🇻🇳Vietnamese

gà con

chim non, đặc biệt là gia cầm nhà

🇹🇭Thai

เจี๊ยบ

ลูกนกโดยเฉพาะไก่บ้าน

🇮🇩Indonesian

anak ayam

burung muda khususnya unggas peliharaan

🇵🇭Filipino

sisiw

batang ibon lalo na ng domestic fowl

🇲🇾Malay

anak ayam

burung muda terutamanya unggas domestik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كتكوت

الطيور الصغيرة وخاصة الطيور الداجنة

🇮🇷Persian

جوجه

پرنده جوان به ویژه پرندگان اهلی

🇹🇷Turkish

piliç

özellikle evcil kümes hayvanlarının genç kuşu

🇮🇱Hebrew

אֶפרוֹחַ

ציפור צעירה במיוחד של עופות ביתית

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