leghorn

See also: Leghorn

English

Alternative forms

Leghorn (chicken breed)

Etymology

Mid 18th century: from Leghorn (“Livorno”), the place the straw and fowls were imported from.

a leghorn chicken

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɡhɔːn/, /lɛˈɡɔːn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɡhɔɹn/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n

Noun

leghorn (countable and uncountable, plural leghorns)

(uncountable) A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric.
(countable) A hat made from that fabric.
(countable) A small white chicken of a hardy breed.

The cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn was obviously not actually a leghorn because he was much too big.

Translations

small white chicken breed

Chinese:
Mandarin: 來亨雞 (zh), 来亨鸡 (zh) (láihéngjī), 力康雞, 力康鸡 (lìkāngjī)
Czech: leghornka f
Dutch: leghorn m
Finnish: leghorn
French: leghorn (fr) f
Georgian: ლეგჰორნი (leghorni)
German: Leghorn n
Greek: λέγκχορν f (légkchorn)
Hebrew: לֶגְהוֹרְן‎‎ m (leghórn)
Italian: livorno f, livornese (it) f, gallina livornese f, galletto livornese m
Japanese: レグホーン (reguhōn), レグホン (reguhon)
Korean: 레그혼 (ko) (regeuhon)

Kyrgyz: леггорн (ky) (leggorn)
Malayalam: വൈറ്റ് ലെഗോൺ (vaiṟṟŭ legōṇ)
Persian: لگرن‎‎ (legarn)
Portuguese: legorne f
Romanian: leghorn (ro) n
Russian: легго́рн (ru) m (leggórn), легго́рнка (ru) f (leggórnka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лѐгхорн m

Roman: lèghorn (sh) m
Tamil: லெக்கார்ன் கோழி (lekkārṉ kōḻi)
Ukrainian: легго́рн (uk) m (lehhórn)
Uzbek: leggorn
Vietnamese: gà Leghorn, gà Lơ-go

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English leghorn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛx.ɦɔrn/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: leg‧horn

Noun

leghorn m (plural leghorns)

leghorn, breed of chicken from Livorno

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