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peahen

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

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  • UK, US: /ˈpiː.hɛn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A female peafowl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

female peafowl

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: peafowl, bird of Juno

History

Etymology

From Middle English pehenne, equivalent to pea (“peafowl”) + hen. Compare Icelandic páhæna (“peahen”). See also peacock, peafowl, peachick, etc.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: pava — female of peacock
  • Breton: paunez — female of peacock
  • Burmese: ဒေါင်းမ (daung:ma.) — female of peacock
  • Catalan: paona — female of peacock
  • Chinese Mandarin: 母孔雀 (mǔkǒngquè) — female of peacock
  • Czech: pávice — female of peacock
  • Esperanto: pavino — female of peacock
  • French: paonne — female of peacock
  • German: Pfauhenne — female of peacock
  • Hindi: मोरनी (mornī) — female of peacock
  • Icelandic: páhæna — female of peacock
  • Ido: pavonino — female of peacock
  • Indonesian: merak betina — female of peacock
  • Irish: cearc phéacóige — female of peacock
  • Japanese: 雌孔雀 (mesukujaku) — female of peacock
  • Korean: 암공작속 (amgongjaksok) — female of peacock
  • Latin: pāva — female of peacock
  • Macedonian: пауница (paunica) — female of peacock
  • Pali: mayūrī — female of peacock
  • Pali: mayūriyo — female of peacock
  • Polish: pawica — female of peacock
  • Portuguese: pavoa — female of peacock
  • Romanian: păuniță — female of peacock
  • Russian: па́ва (páva) — female of peacock
  • Sanskrit: मयूरी (mayūrī) — female of peacock
  • Santali: ᱮᱸᱜᱟ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱜ (ẽga marak’) — female of peacock
  • Serbo-Croatian: paunica — female of peacock
  • Lower Sorbian: pawa — female of peacock
  • Swedish: påfågelhona — female of peacock
  • Volapük: jipaf — female of peacock
  • Welsh: peunes — female of peacock