gallina

See also: Gallina

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin gallīna.

Noun

gallina f (plural gallines)

  1. hen (female bird (i.e. chicken))
    Synonym: pita

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan galina, galinha, from Latin gallīna.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ɡəˈʎi.nə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ɡaˈʎi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina

Noun

gallina f (plural gallines)

  1. hen

Corsican

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin gallīna

Noun

gallina f (plural galline)

  1. hen

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gallīna.

Pronunciation
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Noun

gallina f (plural galline, masculine gallo)

  1. hen

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From gallus (“rooster”)

Pronunciation

Noun

gallīna f (genitive gallīnae); first declension

  1. hen (female chicken)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gallīna gallīnae
Genitive gallīnae gallīnārum
Dative gallīnae gallīnīs
Accusative gallīnam gallīnās
Ablative gallīnā gallīnīs
Vocative gallīna gallīnae

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • gallina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gallina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gallina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • gallina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • gallina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin gallīna.

Noun

gallina f (plural gallinas)

  1. hen
  2. (colloquial) chicken (coward)
    Synonyms: cagado, cagón, cagueta, cobarde
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