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cockerel

/ˈkɒkəɹəl/US/ˈkɑkəɹəl/

cockerel noun: a young male chicken.

cockerel: a young male chicken
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Noun

cockerel (plural cockerels)

  1. A young male chicken.
    • “Mrs. Boast can’t have got all these from one hatching,” [Ma] said. “I do believe there’s not more than two cockerels among them.” “The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this...1941, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie
    • He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC

cockerel meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Punjabi and Tagalog

cockerel in Tamil

இளஞ்சேவல்

cockerel in Kannada

ಕಿರಿಯ ಗಂಡು ಕೋಳಿ, ಮರಿಹುಂಜ

cockerel in Punjabi

young male chicken
کُکَڑ kukaṛ

cockerel in Tagalog

young male chicken
tatandangin

Forms of cockerel

pluralcockerels

Origin of cockerel

From Middle English kokerel. By surface analysis, cock + -rel.

Questions about cockerel

What does cockerel mean?
Cockerel means a young male chicken.
What is cockerel in Tamil?
Cockerel in Tamil is இளஞ்சேவல். See Cockerel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cockerel?
Cockerel is a noun.
How do you pronounce cockerel?
Cockerel is pronounced /ˈkɒkəɹəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of cockerel?
The plural of cockerel is cockerels.

Words near cockerel in the dictionary

  1. cocker spaniel
  2. cocker spaniels
  3. cocker up
  4. cockered
  5. cockered up
  6. cockerel
  7. Cockerell
  8. cockerels
  9. Cockerham
  10. Cockerhams
  11. Cockerill

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cockerel (page history and authors); cockerel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cockerel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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