Asturian

Noun

gallina f ‎(plural gallines)

1. hen (female bird (i.e. chicken))

Synonyms

• pita

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gallīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʎinə/
• Rhymes: -ina

Noun

gallina f ‎(plural gallines)

1. hen

Corsican

Alternative forms

• ghjaddina
• ghjallina

Etymology

From Latin gallīna

Noun

gallina f ‎(plural galline)

1. hen

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gallīna

Pronunciation

Noun

gallina f ‎(plural galline)

1. hen

Derived terms

• gallina prataiola

Related terms

• gallinaccio
• gallinacei
• gallinella
• gallo

Anagrams

• alligna

Latin

Etymology

From gallus ‎(“rooster”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡalˈliː.na/, [ɡaɫˈliː.na]

Noun

gallīna f ‎(genitive gallīnae); first declension

1. hen (female chicken)

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• gallīnārius
• gallīnārium
• gallīnāceus

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gallina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• gallina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gallīna

Noun

gallina f ‎(plural gallinas)

1. hen
2. (colloquial) chicken (coward)

Synonyms

• (coward): : cobarde, cagón, cagado, cagueta

Related terms

• gallinero
• gallo