🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

雄鶏

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ondori

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rooster/ˈruː.stər/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"雄鶏が朝の訪れを告げるように鳴いた。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An adult male domestic fowl.

    "The farmer was awakened at dawn by the loud crowing of the rooster."
  2. 2

    A cock, especially one bred and trained for cockfighting.

    "Historically, roosters were bred for strength and aggression in competitive matches."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, combining 'roost' (a perch for birds) and 'er' (agent suffix), emerging around the 15th century to replace the older term 'cock' for avoidance of unintended sexual connotations. The Spanish word 'gallo' originates from the Latin 'gallus', referring to the same agricultural bird.

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