Standard Lemma guide

cockerel

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkɒkəɹəl/
  • UK: /ˈkɒkɹəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈkɑkəɹəl/
  • General-American: /ˈkɑkɹəl/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A young male chicken.

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

a young domestic cock; not older than one year

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cock, rooster

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пе́тле (pétle) — young male chicken
  • Catalan: pollastre — young male chicken
  • Catalan: pollet — young male chicken
  • Catalan: butza (quan encara no té plomes) — young male chicken
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小公雞 /小公鸡 (xiǎo gōngjī) — young male chicken
  • Czech: kohoutek — young male chicken
  • Dalmatian: poluastro — young male chicken
  • Danish: hanekylling — young male chicken
  • Dutch: haantje — young male chicken
  • Estonian: kukepoeg — young male chicken
  • Finnish: kukonpoika — young male chicken
  • French: coquelet — young male chicken
  • Georgian: ყვინჩილა (q̇vinčila) — young male chicken
  • German: Hähnchen — young male chicken
  • German: Junghahn — young male chicken
  • German: junger Hahn — young male chicken
  • Greek: πετεινάρι (peteinári) — young male chicken
  • Greek: κοκοράκι (kokoráki) — young male chicken
  • Hungarian: kiskakas — young male chicken
  • Italian: galletto — young male chicken
  • Italian: pollastra — young male chicken
  • Italian: pollastro — young male chicken
  • Japanese: 若いおんどり (wakai ondori) — young male chicken
  • Korean: 어린 수탉 (eorin sutak) — young male chicken
  • Latvian: gailēns — young male chicken
  • Macedonian: петле (petle) — young male chicken
  • Manx: eean kellee — young male chicken
  • Middle English: kokerel — young male chicken
  • Khiamniungan Naga: vēupōngtshòu — young male chicken
  • Polish: kogucik — young male chicken
  • Portuguese: frango — young male chicken
  • Punjabi: کُکَڑ (kukaṛ) — young male chicken
  • Romanian: cocoșel — young male chicken
  • Russian: петушо́к (petušók) — young male chicken
  • Slovak: kohútik — young male chicken
  • Spanish: gallo — young male chicken
  • Spanish: gallito — young male chicken
  • Swahili: jimbi — young male chicken
  • Tagalog: tatandangin — young male chicken
  • Talysh: سوک (suk) — young male chicken
  • Ottoman Turkish: خروسجق (horozcuk) — young male chicken
  • Unami: wëskihële — young male chicken
  • Volapük: higokül — young male chicken
  • Yakut: бөтүүкчээн (bötüükčeen) — young male chicken