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chicken feet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The feet of a chicken, stripped of their outer layer of skin, and cooked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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noun

Meaning 2

Eggcorn of chicken feed (“a simple or easy task”).

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Usage: Singapore, plural, plural-only

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: ကြက်ခြေထောက် (krakhkrehtauk) — feet of a chicken
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鳳爪 /凤爪 (fung6 zaau2) — feet of a chicken
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雞腳 /鸡脚 (gai1 goek3) — feet of a chicken
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳳爪 /凤爪 (fèngzhǎo) — feet of a chicken
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞爪 /鸡爪 (jīzhǎo) — feet of a chicken
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞腳 /鸡脚 (jījiǎo) — feet of a chicken
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞爪子 /鸡爪子 (jīzhuǎzi) — feet of a chicken
  • Finnish: kanankoivet — feet of a chicken
  • French: pattes de poulet — feet of a chicken
  • German: Hühnerfüße — feet of a chicken
  • Japanese: 鶏の足 (niwatori-no ashi) — feet of a chicken
  • Korean: 닭발 (dakbal) — feet of a chicken
  • Portuguese: pata de galinha — feet of a chicken
  • Portuguese: patas de galinha — feet of a chicken
  • Spanish: patas de pollo — feet of a chicken
  • Thai: ตีนไก่ — feet of a chicken
  • Vietnamese: chân gà — feet of a chicken