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cock-a-doodle-doo

intj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌkhɒkəˌduːdɫ̩ˈduː/
  • US: /ˌkɑkəˌdudəlˈdu/
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  • rhymes with -uː

1

intj

Meaning 1

The cry of a rooster.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The cry of the rooster.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an imitation of the crow of a cock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crow

History

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Across languages

Translations

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: koekelekoe — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Akan: kokrokoo — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Albanian: kikirikiki — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Arabic: كُوكُوكُوكُو (kūkūkūkū) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Armenian: ծուղրուղու (cuġruġu) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Azerbaijani: quqquluqu — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Basque: kukurruku — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Belarusian: кукарэку́ (kukarekú) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Central Bikol: tukturaok — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Bulgarian: кукуригу (kukurigu) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Catalan: quiquiriquic — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Catalan: quequerequec — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Catalan: quicaraquic — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Catalan: cocorococ — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Cebuano: tuktugaok — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咕咕咕 (gūgūgū) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喔喔喔 (wōwōwō) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Czech: kikirikí — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Czech: kykyryký — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Danish: kykkeliky — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Danish: kykliky — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Danish: kykeliky — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Dutch: kukeleku — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Esperanto: kokeriko — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Estonian: kikerikii — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Estonian: kukeleegu — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Faroese: kakkulárakó — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Finnish: kukkokiekuu — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • French: cocorico — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Gagauz: kukurigu — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Georgian: ყიყლიყო (q̇iq̇liq̇o) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • German: kikeriki — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Greek: κουκουρίκου (koukouríkou) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Greek: κικιρίκου (kikiríkou) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Hebrew: קוּקוּרִיקוּ (kukurikú) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Hindi: कुक्रूकु (kukrūku) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Hungarian: kukurikú — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Hungarian: kukorikú — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Icelandic: gaggalagó — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Icelandic: gaggalagú — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Indonesian: kukuruyuk — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Irish: coc-a-dúdal-dú — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Italian: chicchirichì — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Italian: cuccurucù — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Japanese: コケコッコー — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Japanese: こけこっこー — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Japanese: こけこっこう (kokekokkō) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Kannada: ಕೊಕ್ಕೊಕ್ಕೋ (kokkokkō) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Komi-Zyrian: кикуруллю (kikurulľu) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Korean: 꼬끼오 (kkokkio) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Korean: 꼬끼오 꼬꼬 (kkokkio kkokko) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Latin: cocococo — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Latin: coco coco — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Latvian: kikerigū — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Limburgish: kukelieku — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Lingala: kokolikó — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Lithuanian: kakariekū — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Macedonian: кукурику́ (kukurikú) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Malay: kukurukuk — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Maltese: kukuriku — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Northern Mansi: кукаре̄кӯ (kukarēkū) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Māori: tekekō — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Eastern Mari: кӱкӱрекрек (kükürekrek) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Navajo: iʼííʼą́óó — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Norwegian: kykeliky — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Persian: قوقولی قوقو (ququli ququ) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Polish: kukuryku — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Portuguese: cocorocó — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Portuguese: cocoricó — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Romanian: cucurigu — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Russian: кукареку́ (kukarekú) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Sanskrit: काक (kāka) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Scots: cock-a-roora-koo — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Scottish Gaelic: gog a ghuidhe ghaoidhe — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Scottish Gaelic: gog a bhitheal ao — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Scottish Gaelic: gugalaidh-gù — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Serbo-Croatian: кукурику — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Serbo-Croatian: kukuriku — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Sicilian: cucurucù — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Slovak: kikirikí — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Slovene: kikirikȋ — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Southern Dagaare: konkoliirikoo — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Spanish: quiquiriquí — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Spanish: cocorocó — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Spanish: cocoricó — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Sundanese: kongkorongok — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Swahili: kokoliko — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Swedish: kuckeliku — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Tagalog: tiktilaok — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Tamil: கொக்கரக்கோ (kokkarakkō) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Thai: เอ้กอีเอ้กเอ้ก (ek-ee-ek-ek) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Tibetan: ཀོད་ཀོའི་ཀོད (kod ko'i kod) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Turkish: ü-ürü-ü — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Udmurt: кокорикок (kokorikok) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Ukrainian: кукуріку́ (kukurikú) — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Vietnamese: ò ó o — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Vietnamese: o o — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Waray-Waray: tuktugaok — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Zazaki: qıtqıtaq — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Zazaki: ü-ürü-ü — imitating the cry of the rooster
  • Hungarian: kukorékolás — cry of the rooster
  • Malay: kokokan — cry of the rooster
  • Māori: tekekō — cry of the rooster
  • Khiamniungan Naga: vēu-āmkōuh — cry of the rooster
  • Romanian: cucurigu — cry of the rooster
  • Russian: кукареку (kukareku) — cry of the rooster