hen

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /hɛn/
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• US, pin-pen-merger: /hɪn/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /hen/
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From Middle English henne, heonne, hinne, from earlier henene, heonenen, henen, from Old English heonan, hionan, heonane, heonone (“hence, from here, away, from how”), from Proto-Germanic *hina, *hinanō (“from here”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Dutch heen (“away”), German hin (“hence, from here”), Danish hen (“away, further, on”). See also hence.

From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan-, *kana- (“to sing”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hanne (“hen”), West Frisian hin (“hen”), Dutch hen (“hen”), German Low German Heen (“hen”), German Henne (“hen”), Danish høne (“hen”), Swedish höna (“hen”), Icelandic hæna (“hen”). Related to Old English hana (“cock, rooster”). Also cognate to Latin cicōnia (“stork”), Latin canō (“to sing”), Russian каню́к (kanjúk, “buzzard”). Compare Russian пету́х (petúx, “rooster, cock”) from Russian петь (petʹ, “to sing”). Etymology 1, noun sense 7 after cock (“male chicken; man's penis”).

From hen (“hence, away”), or a variant of hench.

256 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hen — female chicken
• Aghwan: 𐕄𐕒𐕡𐕄𐕒𐕡𐕟 (ḳuḳuc̣') — female chicken
• Albanian: pulë — female chicken
• Southern Altai: така (taka) — female chicken
• Arabic: دَجَاجَة (dajāja) — female chicken
• Arabic: دُجَاجَة (dujāja) — female chicken
• Arabic: دِجَاجَة (dijāja) — female chicken
• Arabic: فَرْخَة (farḵa) — female chicken
• Arabic: دُجاجة (dujāja) — female chicken
• Arabic: دْجاجة (djæja) — female chicken
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܬܲܝܬܵܐ (ktayta) — female chicken
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܪܢܵܓܘܿܠܬܵܐ (tāragolta) — female chicken
• Armenian: հավ (hav) — female chicken
• Aromanian: gãljinã — female chicken
• Assamese: কুকুৰা (kukura) — female chicken
• Asturian: pita — female chicken
• Asturian: gallina — female chicken
• Azerbaijani: toyuq — female chicken
• Bashkir: тауыҡ (tawıq) — female chicken
• Basque: oilo — female chicken
• Belarusian: ку́рыца (kúryca) — female chicken
• Bengali: মুরগি (murgi) — female chicken
• Central Bikol: gunakan — female chicken
• Bulgarian: коко́шка (kokóška) — female chicken
• Burmese: ကြက်မ (krakma.) — female chicken
• Catalan: gallina — female chicken
• Cebuano: himungaan — female chicken
• Chamicuro: atawali — female chicken
• Chechen: котам (kotam) — female chicken
• Cherokee: ᏣᏔᎦ ᎠᎩᏏ (tsataga agisi) — female chicken
• Tedim Chin: aak — female chicken
• Chinese Cantonese: 雞乸 /鸡乸 (gai1 naa2) — female chicken
• Chinese Cantonese: 母雞 /母鸡 (mou5 gai1) — female chicken
• Chinese: 雞母 /鸡母 (ke-bú) — female chicken
• Chinese Mandarin: 母雞 /母鸡 (mǔjī) — female chicken
• Chuvash: чӑх (čăh) — female chicken
• Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁⲡⲁⲓ (anapai) — female chicken
• Corsican: gallina — female chicken
• Czech: slepice — female chicken
• Dalmatian: galaina — female chicken
• Danish: høne — female chicken
• Dutch: hen — female chicken
• Dutch: kip — female chicken
• Dutch: leghen — female chicken
• Dutch: legkip — female chicken
• Esperanto: kokino — female chicken
• Estonian: kana — female chicken
• Ewe: koklonɔ — female chicken
• Faroese: høna — female chicken
• Finnish: kana — female chicken
• French: poule — female chicken
• West-Frisian: hin — female chicken
• Friulian: gjaline — female chicken
• Galician: galiña — female chicken
• Georgian: ქათამი (katami) — female chicken
• Georgian: ქათმისა (katmisa) — female chicken
• German: Henne — female chicken
• German: Legehenne — female chicken
• German: Huhn — female chicken
• Greek: κότα (kóta) — female chicken
• Hebrew: תרנגולת — female chicken
• Hebrew: תַּרְנְגֹלֶת (tarnególet) — female chicken
• Hindi: मुर्गी (murgī) — female chicken
• Hungarian: tyúk — female chicken
• Icelandic: hæna — female chicken
• Ido: hanino — female chicken
• Indonesian: ayam betina — female chicken
• Ingush: котам (kotam) — female chicken
• Irish: cearc — female chicken
• Italian: gallina — female chicken
• Japanese: 雌鶏 (mendori) — female chicken
• Kalenjin: ngoket — female chicken
• Kamba: nguku — female chicken
• Kapampangan: gaindu — female chicken
• Kapampangan: gayindu — female chicken
• Karachay-Balkar: тауукъ (tawuq) — female chicken
• Karakhanid: تَقاغُو (taqāɣū) — female chicken
• Kashmiri: کۄکٕر (kọkụr) — female chicken
• Kazakh: тауық (tauyq) — female chicken
• Khakas: таңах (tañax) — female chicken
• Khmer: មាន់ញី (mŏən ñii) — female chicken
• Kikuyu: mwera — female chicken
• Kikuyu: ngoko — female chicken
• Komi-Permyak: курӧг (kurög) — female chicken
• Komi-Zyrian: курӧг (kurög) — female chicken
• Kongo: nsusu — female chicken
• Korean: 암탉 (amtak) — female chicken
• Central Kurdish: مِریشک (mirîşk) — female chicken
• Northern Kurdish: mirîşk — female chicken
• Southern Kurdish: مامِر (mamir) — female chicken
• Kyrgyz: тоок (took) — female chicken
• Lao: ໄກ່ແມ່ (kai mǣ) — female chicken
• Latin: gallīna — female chicken
• Latvian: vista — female chicken
• Lithuanian: višta — female chicken
• Low German: Heen — female chicken
• Low German: Hään — female chicken
• Low German: Hohn — female chicken
• Luhya: engokho — female chicken
• Luo: gweno — female chicken
• Lutuv: aapuvnung — female chicken
• Macedonian: ко́кошка (kókoška) — female chicken
• Malay: ayam betina — female chicken
• Maltese: tiġieġ — female chicken
• Manchu: ᡝᠮᡳᠯᡝ ᠴᠣᡴᠣ (emile coko) — female chicken
• Mapudungun: achao — female chicken
• Marathi: कोंबडी (kombḍī) — female chicken
• Mazanderani: کرک (kərk) — female chicken
• Megleno-Romanian: găľină — female chicken
• Meru: nguku — female chicken
• Mi'kmaq: go'qoli'gwej — female chicken
• Mòcheno: henn — female chicken
• Mongolian: эм тахиа (em taxia) — female chicken
• Mongolian: тахиа (taxia) — female chicken
• Khiamniungan Naga: vēunyū — female chicken
• Neapolitan: gallina — female chicken
• Nivkh: пʼеӄ (pʼeq) — female chicken
• Norman: poule — female chicken
• Norman: g'linne — female chicken
• Norwegian Bokmål: høne — female chicken
• Norwegian Nynorsk: høne — female chicken
• Occitan: galina — female chicken
• Old English: henn — female chicken
• Old English: hænn — female chicken
• Old Prussian: gerto — female chicken
• Ossetian: карк (kark) — female chicken
• Papiamentu: galiña — female chicken
• Pashto: چرګه (čǝrga) — female chicken
• Persian: مرغ (morġ) — female chicken
• Persian: کرک (kark) — female chicken
• Pirahã: páxaihi — female chicken
• Plautdietsch: Han — female chicken
• Pohnpeian: litok — female chicken
• Polish: kura — female chicken
• Portuguese: galinha — female chicken
• Punjabi: کُکَّڑی (kukkaṛī) — female chicken
• Quechua: wallpa — female chicken
• Réunion Creole French: poul — female chicken
• Romanian: găină — female chicken
• Romansh: giaglina — female chicken
• Russian: ку́рица (kúrica) — female chicken
• Southern Sami: vöönhtse — female chicken
• Sardinian: pudha — female chicken
• Sardinian: pudda — female chicken
• Scottish Gaelic: cearc — female chicken
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ко̄шка — female chicken
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏ко̄ш — female chicken
• Serbo-Croatian: kòkōška — female chicken
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍkōš — female chicken
• Sicilian: gaddina — female chicken
• Slovak: kurča — female chicken
• Slovak: sliepka — female chicken
• Slovene: kokoš — female chicken
• Slovene: kura — female chicken
• Slovene: koklja — female chicken
• Sogdian: ܡܪܮ (mərγ) — female chicken
• Spanish: gallina — female chicken
• Swahili: tembe — female chicken
• Swahili: kuku — female chicken
• Swedish: höna — female chicken
• Tagalog: inahin — female chicken
• Tajik: мурғ (murġ) — female chicken
• Talysh: kağ — female chicken
• Tamil: கோழி (kōḻi) — female chicken
• Taos: lìlúna — female chicken
• Tarifit: tyaẓiṭṭ — female chicken
• Tashelhit: tafullust — female chicken
• Tashelhit: tacicawt — female chicken
• Tat: kərg — female chicken
• Tatar: тавык (tawıq) — female chicken
• Tày: cáy me̱ — female chicken
• Telugu: కోడిపెట్ట (kōḍipeṭṭa) — female chicken
• Thai: แม่ไก่ (mɛ̂ɛ-gài) — female chicken
• Tibetan: བྱ་མོ (bya mo) — female chicken
• Turkish: tavuk — female chicken
• Turkish: bulli — female chicken
• Ottoman Turkish: طاوق (tavuk) — female chicken
• Turkmen: towuk — female chicken
• Udi: кӏокӏоц́ (ḳoḳoć) — female chicken
• Udmurt: курег (kureg) — female chicken
• Ukrainian: ку́рка (kúrka) — female chicken
• Urdu: مرغی — female chicken
• Uyghur: مېكىيان (mëkiyan) — female chicken
• Uzbek: tovuq — female chicken
• Venetan: galina — female chicken
• Venetan: gaƚina — female chicken
• Venetan: pita — female chicken
• Vietnamese: gà mái — female chicken
• Volapük: jigok — female chicken
• Volapük: nögamajigok (cf. nögön) — female chicken
• Walloon: poye — female chicken
• Walloon: glene — female chicken
• Welsh: iâr — female chicken
• Wolof: ganaar gu jigéen — female chicken
• Xârâcùù: dö — female chicken
• Yakut: куурусса (kuurussa) — female chicken
• Zande: kondo — female chicken
• Zazaki: kerg (diq) — female chicken
• Armenian: մարի (mari) — female bird
• Avestan: [script needed] (kahrkäsah) — female bird
• Catalan: au femella — female bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 母雞 /母鸡 (mǔjī) — female bird
• Corsican: gallina — female bird
• Corsican: ghjallina — female bird
• Corsican: ghjaddina — female bird
• Czech: slepice — female bird
• Dalmatian: čauca — female bird
• Danish: høne — female bird
• Dutch: wijfje — female bird
• Dutch: hen — female bird
• Eshtehardi: کرگه (karga) — female bird
• Esperanto: birdino — female bird
• Finnish: kana — female bird
• German: Weibchen — female bird
• Greek: πουλάδα (pouláda) — female bird
• Hungarian: tojó — female bird
• Italian: gallina — female bird
• Japanese: めんどり (mendori) — female bird
• Japanese: 雌鶏 (mendori) — female bird
• Macedonian: же́нка (žénka) — female bird
• Malay: ayam betina — female bird
• Māori: kātua — female bird
• Māori: uha — female bird
• Māori: uwha — female bird
• Old English: cwēnfugol — female bird
• Parthian: karga (kirga) — female bird
• Persian: مرغ (morġ) — female bird
• Middle Persian: kirk — female bird
• Portuguese: ave-fêmea — female bird
• Portuguese: pássara — female bird
• Punjabi: ਕੁੱਕੜੀ (kukkaṛī) — female bird
• Quechua: tuqtu — female bird
• Russian: ку́рочка (kúročka) — female bird
• Russian: са́мка (sámka) — female bird
• Scottish Gaelic: cearc — female bird
• Serbo-Croatian: женка — female bird
• Serbo-Croatian: ženka — female bird
• Spanish: ave hembra — female bird
• Swahili: tembe — female bird
• Swedish: höna — female bird
• Tamil: பெண் (peṇ) — female bird
• Telugu: ఆడపక్షి (āḍapakṣi) — female bird
• Unami: xkwehële — female bird
• Dutch: moederkloek — hen-like woman
• French: poule — hen-like woman
• Greek: κότα (kóta) — hen-like woman
• Italian: gallina — hen-like woman
• Macedonian: ко́кошка (kókoška) — hen-like woman
• Portuguese: galinha — hen-like woman
• Russian: тёлка (tjólka) — hen-like woman
• Russian: ба́ба (bába) — hen-like woman
• Serbo-Croatian: кока — hen-like woman
• Serbo-Croatian: koka — hen-like woman
• Swedish: brud — hen-like woman
• Swedish: brutta — hen-like woman
• Tamil: பெண் (peṇ) — hen-like woman