🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

七面鳥

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shichimenchou

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Turkey/ˈtɜːr.ki/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"感謝祭には七面鳥を食べます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large bird native to North America, often domesticated and raised for food.

    "Every Thanksgiving, families gather to enjoy a roasted turkey."
  2. 2

    The flesh of the turkey, typically cooked and eaten as food.

    "She prepared a delicious turkey sandwich for lunch."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the 16th-century trading routes where guinea fowl were imported through the Ottoman Empire, leading Europeans to mistakenly apply the name 'Turkey cock' to the North American bird. Over time, the name was shortened to simply 'turkey' for the large gallinaceous bird native to the Americas.

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