Phrase guide

guinea fowl

noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡɪni ˌfaʊl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several African birds of the family Numididae (6 species) resembling partridges.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The meat of this bird.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of guinea fowl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: guinea, Numida meleagris

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: domestic fowl, fowl, poultry

Narrower terms: guinea hen

History

Etymology

Named after Guinea as it was imported from there.

Across languages

Translations

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tarentaal — bird
  • Albanian: pula faraone — bird
  • Albanian: pulëhine — bird
  • Arabic: غِرْغِر (ḡirḡir) — bird
  • Assamese: তিতৰ (titor) — bird
  • Assamese: তিতৌ কুকুৰা (titou kukura) — bird
  • Assamese: চীনা কুকুৰা (sina kukura) — bird
  • Basque: pintada — bird
  • Belarusian: цацарка (cacarka) — bird
  • Breton: klujar-Spagn — bird
  • Bulgarian: токачка (tokačka) — bird
  • Catalan: pintada — bird
  • Catalan: gallina de guinea — bird
  • Chichewa: nkhanga — bird
  • Czech: perlička — bird
  • Danish: perlehøne — bird
  • Dutch: parelhoen — bird
  • Dutch: poelepetaat — bird
  • Esperanto: numido — bird
  • Estonian: pärlkana — bird
  • Ewe: tsaxe — bird
  • Faroese: perluhøna — bird
  • Finnish: helmikana — bird
  • French: pintade — bird
  • West-Frisian: poepeletaat — bird
  • Friulian: faraone — bird
  • Friulian: gjaline faraone — bird
  • Galician: galiña de guiné — bird
  • German: Perlhuhn — bird
  • Greek: φραγκόκοτα (fragkókota) — bird
  • Ancient Greek: μελεαγρίς (meleagrís) — bird
  • Ancient Greek: γαράμας (garámas) — bird
  • Haitian Creole: pentad — bird
  • Hungarian: gyöngytyúk — bird
  • Icelandic: perluhænsn — bird
  • Ido: pintado — bird
  • Irish: cearc ghuine — bird
  • Irish: coileach guine — bird
  • Italian: faraona — bird
  • Komo: zʉg — bird
  • Ladin: faraona — bird
  • Latvian: pērļu vistiņa — bird
  • Lithuanian: patarška — bird
  • Macedonian: би́серка (bíserka) — bird
  • Malayalam: ഗിനിക്കോഴി (ginikkōḻi) — bird
  • Maltese: farawna — bird
  • Manx: eeanlee injinagh — bird
  • Mpade: safan — bird
  • Navajo: naaʼahóóhaistłʼinii — bird
  • Norwegian: perlehøne — bird
  • Occitan: pintarda — bird
  • Ossetian: цицыр (cicyr) — bird
  • Polish: perliczka — bird
  • Portuguese: galinha d'angola — bird
  • Portuguese: galinha-da-índia — bird
  • Portuguese: galinha-da-guiné — bird
  • Portuguese: pintada — bird
  • Portuguese: estou-fraca — bird
  • Portuguese: cocar — bird
  • Portuguese: capote — bird
  • Romanian: bibilică — bird
  • Romanian: pichire — bird
  • Romansh: giaglina perlada — bird
  • Russian: цеса́рка (cesárka) — bird
  • Northern Sami: pearalvuonccis — bird
  • Sardinian: magliocchina — bird
  • Sardinian: pudda de ìndias — bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: cearc Innseanach — bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: coileach Innseanach — bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѝсӣрка — bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѝсе̄рка — bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: мо̑рка — bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: mìsīrka — bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: bìsērka — bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȏrka — bird
  • Slovak: perlička — bird
  • Slovene: pegatka — bird
  • Lower Sorbian: parlickata kokoška — bird
  • Lower Sorbian: parlickata kurka — bird
  • Upper Sorbian: parlawa — bird
  • Upper Sorbian: krjepjena — bird
  • Sotho: kgaka — bird
  • Spanish: gallina de Guinea — bird
  • Spanish: pintada — bird
  • Spanish: gallineta — bird
  • Swahili: kanga — bird
  • Swahili: kororo — bird
  • Swedish: pärlhöna (hjälmpärlhöna) — bird
  • Swedish: pärlhöns — bird
  • Sylheti: ꠔꠤꠔꠞ (titor) — bird
  • Tamil: கின்னிக்கோழி (kiṉṉikkōḻi) — bird
  • Telugu: గిన్నికోడి (ginnikōḍi) — bird
  • Tumbuka: nkhanga — bird
  • Turkish: Beç tavuğu — bird
  • Ukrainian: цеса́рка (cesárka) — bird
  • Volapük: magäbagok — bird
  • Welsh: iâr gini — bird
  • Welsh: combác — bird
  • Welsh: cochwat — bird
  • Wolof: naat bi — bird
  • Xhosa: impangele — bird
  • Zulu: impangele — bird