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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesgalletto
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɡalˈlɛt.to
"Il piccolo galletto razzolava nel cortile della fattoria."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A young domestic rooster, typically less than a year old.
"The young cockerel practiced crowing every morning alongside the older roosters."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, formed as a diminutive of the word 'cock' combined with the diminutive suffix '-el'. Historically used since the 14th century to denote a young male chicken, mirroring semantic trajectories found in Romance languages such as the Portuguese 'galeto', which similarly scales down the concept of an adult rooster.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cockerel" is said worldwide
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若鶏
Transliteration: waka-dori
"元気な若い雄鶏が朝を告げるために鳴いた。"
coquelet
Transliteration: kok.lɛ
"Le jeune coquelet apprend à chanter au lever du jour."
Junghahn
Transliteration: jʊŋ.haːn
"Der Junghahn versuchte zum ersten Mal laut zu krähen."
galletto
Transliteration: ɡalˈlɛt.to
"Il piccolo galletto razzolava nel cortile della fattoria."
polluelo
Transliteration: poˈʎe.lo
"El joven gallito comenzó a mostrar sus coloridas plumas."
frango
Transliteration: ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡu
"O jovem frango cantava empoleirado na cerca."
छोटा मुर्गा
Transliteration: chhota murga
"सुबह होते ही छोटा मुर्गा बांग देने लगा।"
小公鸡
Transliteration: xiǎo gōng jī
"院子里有一只神气的小公鸡。"
햇병아리
Transliteration: haet-byeong-a-ri
"어린 수탉이 마당에서 울음 연습을 하고 있다."
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