Meaning

11 senses
  1. A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.

    Henne, Legehenne, Huhn

    ку́рицаkúrica, ку́рочкаkúročka

    ку́ркаkúrka

    adult female chicken

  2. A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.

    Weibchen

    ку́рочкаkúročka, са́мкаsámka

    adult female bird

  3. (uncommon)A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.

  4. (figuratively)A woman.

    тёлкаtjólka, ба́баbába

  5. A woman.

    (UK, figuratively, informal)A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night.

  6. (UK, informal)A hen night.

  7. (Scotland, informal)An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.

    Don't cry, hen. Everything will be all right.

  8. The penis of a trans woman.

    Coordinate term: cock

  9. (derogatory, figuratively, uncommon)A henlike person of either sex.

  10. The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.

  11. (obsolete)A large pewter pot used in a tavern.

Examples

163 sentences
  1. The hen has laid an egg.

    Курка відклала яйце.

    ruКурочка снесла яичко.

    deDas Huhn hat ein Ei gelegt.

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  2. That fox must have killed the hen.

    Ця лисиця, мабуть, задушила курку.

    ruТа лиса, должно быть, убила курицу.

    deDieser Fuchs da muss das Huhn getötet haben.

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  3. My neighbor's hen is better than mine.

    Сусідська курка краща, ніж моя.

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  4. My hens lay very large brown eggs.

    Мої курки несуть величезні коричневі яйця.

    ruМои куры несут очень большие коричневые яйца.

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  5. Yesterday our hens laid a lot more eggs than usual. I wonder why.

    Учора наші курки знесли набагато більше яєць, ніж зазвичай. Мені цікаво, чому.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
female chicken:
Русский
By meaning 3
female chicken:
female bird:
hen-like woman:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
female chicken:
female bird:

Origin

From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju,

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”).

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