cockfight

English

Etymology

cock +‎ fight

Noun

cockfight (plural cockfights)

A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs

Translations

contest

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥雞 (zh), 斗鸡 (zh) (dòujī)
Esperanto: batalkoko
Finnish: kukkotappelu
French: combat de coqs m
German: Hahnenkampf (de) m
Hungarian: kakasviadal (hu)
Italian: combattimento tra galli m, combattimento fra galli m
Japanese: 闘鶏 (ja) (とうけい, tōkei), 蹴合 (けあい, keai), 鶏合 (とりあわせ, toriawase; にわとりあわせ, niwatoriawase)

Khmer: លេងជល់មាន់ (leeŋ cʊəl moan)
Korean: 투계 (ko) (鬪鷄, t’u.gye), 닭싸움 (takssaum)
Portuguese: rinha de galo f
Russian: петуши́ный бой m (petušínyj boj), бойцовый петух (bojcovyj petux)
Spanish: pelea de gallos f
Swedish: tuppfäktning c
Tagalog: sabong
Volapük: higokakomip
Welsh: gêm geiliog f

Verb

cockfight (third-person singular simple present -, present participle cockfighting, simple past and past participle -)

To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookie), a cockfighting event.

Translations

participate in a cockfighting event

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥雞 (zh), 斗鸡 (zh) (dòujī)

Finnish: osallistua kukkotappeluun

Related terms

See also

alectoromachy

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