chicken

1. (countable)A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).

   backyard chickens

   barnyard chickens

2. (uncountable)The meat from this bird eaten as food.

   boneless chicken

   tastes like chicken

   Huhn, Hühnchen, Hühnerfleisch

   куря́тинаkurjátina

   ку́рятинаkúrjatyna

3. (countable, derogatory, slang, sometimes)A coward.

   (More commonly used as an adjective with this sense; see below.)

   Feigling, Fiigling

   трусtrus, труси́хаtrusíxa, трусишкаtrusiška

4. (countable, derogatory, slang, sometimes)A young or inexperienced person.

5. (Polari, countable)A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.

6. (uncountable)The game of dare.

7. The game of dare.

   (countable, uncountable)A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the "chicken" (that is, the loser).

   Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.

8. (countable, uncountable)A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

9. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)A kilogram of cocaine.

   Huhn, Hähnchen, Hühnchen

   цыплёнокcypljónok, ку́рицаkúrica, пету́хpetúx

   курча́kurčá, ку́ркаkúrka

10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The young of any bird; a chick.

11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A small pewter pot used in a tavern.

1. The chicken laid an egg this morning.

   Курка сьогодні вранці знесла яйце.

   ruСегодня утром курица снесла яйцо.

   deDas Huhn hat heute Morgen ein Ei gelegt.

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2. I saw the old man feed his dog chicken bones.

   Я бачив, як старий годивав свого собаку куриними кісточками.

   ruЯ видел, как старик кормит свою собаку куриными костями.

   deIch sah den alten Mann dabei, wie er Hühnerknochen an seinen Hund verfütterte.

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3. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

   Що було перше, курка чи яйце?

   ruЧто было раньше: яйцо или курица?

   deWas war zuerst da: das Huhn oder das Ei?

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4. She bought a chicken.

   Вона купила курку.

   ruОна купила курицу.

   deSie kaufte ein Huhn.

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5. That meat is chicken.

   Це м'ясо — це курятина.

   ruЭто мясо - курятина.

   deDieses Fleisch ist Hühnchenfleisch.

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