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chicken Meaning in Italian (chicken significato in italiano)

nounpollo, gallina
adjectivecodardo
pollo in English:chicken
Phonetic:pòl-lo
Plural: chickens
Gender:Maschile
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Il significato di chicken in italiano è pollo, gallina, codardo. (Un comune uccello domestico allevato per la sua carne e le sue uova.)

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Definitions of Chicken

  1. 1
    noun
    gallina

    A common domestic bird raised for its meat and eggs.

    Un comune uccello domestico allevato per la sua carne e le sue uova.

  2. 2
    noun
    pollo

    The meat from a chicken, commonly eaten as food.

    La carne di pollo, comunemente mangiata come cibo.

  3. 3
    adjective(informal)
    codardo

    Lacking courage; easily frightened or intimidated.

    Mancante di coraggio; facilmente spaventato o intimidito.

Example Sentences

“The farmer has many chickens on his farm.”

L'agricoltore ha molte galline nella sua fattoria.

“We had roasted chicken for dinner last night.”

Ieri sera abbiamo mangiato pollo arrosto a cena.

casual

“Don't be such a chicken; just jump!”

Non fare il codardo; salta e basta!

Synonyms (Sinonimi)

In Italian:

gallinapollaiopulcino

In English:

Antonyms (Contrari)

In Italian:

coraggiosoaudace

Inflected Word Forms

nounchick
adjectivechicken-hearted

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

chicken outphrasal_verb

To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.

chicken feedidiom

A very small amount of money.

chicken and eggexpression

A situation in which it is impossible to say which of two things caused the other.