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turducken

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɜːˈdʌk(ə)n/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌtɝˈdʌk(ə)n/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌkən

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noun

Meaning 1

A dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken, and also containing stuffing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chuckey

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t2ür2k̥)der. Classical Persian ترکbor. Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Byzantine Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā)bor. Medieval Latin Turcia Anglo-Norman Turkyebor. Middle English Turkye English Turkey English turkey Proto-Germanic *dūkaną Proto-West Germanic *dūkan Old English *dūcan Middle English ducken English duck Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn? Proto-Germanic *kukkīną? Old English ċicen Middle English chiken English chicken blend English turducken Blend of tur(key) + duck + (chick)en.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 火鴨雞 /火鸭鸡 (huǒyājī) — dish consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken
  • Chinese Mandarin: 特大啃 (tèdàkěn) — dish consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken
  • Japanese: ターダッキン (tādakkin) — dish consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken
  • Korean: 터더킨 (teodeokin) — dish consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken
  • Macedonian: турда́кен (turdáken) — dish consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken
  • Russian: турдакен (turdaken) — dish consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken
  • Russian: турдукен (turduken) — dish consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken
  • Russian: индеуткур (indeutkur) — dish consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken
  • Ukrainian: турдакен (turdaken) — dish consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken