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gallina

See also: Gallina

Asturian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin gallīna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣaˈʎina/ [ɣaˈʎi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: ga‧lli‧na

Noun

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gallina f (plural gallines)

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

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan gallina, from Latin gallīna. Compare Occitan galina, Old French jeline, Spanish gallina.

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Noun

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gallina f (plural gallines)

  1. hen

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Adjective

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gallina m or f (masculine and feminine plural gallines)

  1. cowardly

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish gallina (“hen”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧lli‧na

Noun

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gallina

  1. hen

Cornish

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Etymology

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From Latin gallīna (“hen”).

Noun

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gallina m (plural gallinys)

  1. guinea fowl (family Numididae)

Mutation

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Mutation of gallina
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
gallina allina unchanged kallina hallina

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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  • “gallina” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Corsican

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin gallīna.

Noun

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gallina f (plural galline)

  1. hen

References

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  • “gallina” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Italian

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Etymology

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    From Latin gallīna.

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    • IPA(key): /ɡalˈli.na/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ina
    • Hyphenation: gal‧lì‧na

    Noun

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    gallina f (plural galline, masculine gallo)

    1. hen

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Latin gallus
    Proto-Indo-European *-nós
    Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
    Proto-Italic *-īnos
    Latin -īnusnom.
    Latin -īna
    Latin gallina

      From gallus (“rooster”) + -īna.

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      gallīna f (genitive gallīnae); first declension

      1. hen (female chicken)
        Anatum ōva gallīnīs saepe suppōnimus.
        We often place the eggs of ducks under hens.

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      First-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative gallīna gallīnae
      genitive gallīnae gallīnārum
      dative gallīnae gallīnīs
      accusative gallīnam gallīnās
      ablative gallīnā gallīnīs
      vocative gallīna gallīnae

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      References

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      • “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin gallīna.

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      • Rhymes: -ina
      • Syllabification: ga‧lli‧na

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      gallina f (plural gallinas, masculine gallo, masculine plural gallos)

      1. hen
      2. (colloquial) chicken (coward)
        Synonyms: cagado, cagón, cagueta, cobarde
        • 2022, Pedro Arizpe, Puerto Jerez‎[1] (webcomic):
          ¡Ya pues, no te asomes! Queda claro que eres bien gallina...
          Okay, fine! Don't look outside. It's clear you're a big chicken...
      3. (soccer, Rioplatense) Club Atlético River Plate fan

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