gallina

Noun

gallina f (plural gallines)

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

Etymology

From Latin gallīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʎinə/
• Rhymes: -ina

Noun

gallina f (plural gallines)

1. hen

Alternative forms

• ghjaddina
• ghjallina

Etymology

From Latin gallīna

Noun

gallina f (plural galline)

1. hen

Etymology

From Latin gallīna

Pronunciation

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Noun

gallina f (plural galline, masculine gallo)

1. hen

Anagrams

• alligna

Etymology

From gallus (“rooster”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡalˈliː.na/

Noun

gallīna f (genitive gallīnae); first declension

1. hen (female chicken)

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

Etymology

From Latin gallīna

Noun

gallina f (plural gallinas)

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