🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

gallo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gallo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Chanticleer/ˈtʃæntɪklɪər/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #25000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El gallo cantó al amanecer."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A name for a rooster, especially in fairy tales, fables, and traditional literature.

    "The proud chanticleer strutted across the farmyard, announcing the arrival of dawn."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French chanter (to sing) and clair (clear), combined to form chantecler, meaning 'clear singer'. The name was famously popularized as the rooster in medieval beast fables such as the Reynard the Fox cycle and Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale.

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