Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
rooster chick
English answer:
cock chick
Added to glossary by
Sam D (X)
Jun 30, 2002 17:02
21 yrs ago
English term
United Kingdom
Official Translation of Documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, European/Portugal, Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
rooster chick
Non-PRO
English
Science
This term sounds American to me. I would like to know the term used in British English.
TIA
TIA
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| 4 | cock chick |
Sam D (X)
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| 4 +3 | cock |
CNF
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| 4 +1 | cockerel |
Kim Metzger
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| 4 | el polluelo del gallo |
rvillaronga
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cock chick
I'm British and had never heard the expression "rooster chick" before, although it seemed self-explanatory. Speaking to my partner to see if he had heard of it, he said he had heard of it with the meaning of "bird's male offspring", that's all, no secondary meanings. In British English that would be "cock chick" Here's an example:
"As I have said, in this pairing I have a Blue White Cinnamon "carrying" cock (he shows no sign of Cinnamon) paired with a Self hen, so two of the three chicks you can see below are hens, the other will be a cock. The two hen chicks are the Buff Cinnamon and the Cinnamon White. The cock chick is the Blue. Any and all chicks from this pairing "showing" Cinnamon will be hens, while any and all normal chicks (not showing cinnamon) will be cocks, but: any normal cock chicks may or may not be carrying the cinnamon genes."
http://www.mycanaries.com/fife.htm
If you do a Google search, watch out: unsurprisingly, it brings up an awful lot of porn! If there's any secondary or slang meaning to the American term, we're not aware of it. Any sexual innuendo aside, "cock chick" is actually the technical term for a bird's male offspring.
"As I have said, in this pairing I have a Blue White Cinnamon "carrying" cock (he shows no sign of Cinnamon) paired with a Self hen, so two of the three chicks you can see below are hens, the other will be a cock. The two hen chicks are the Buff Cinnamon and the Cinnamon White. The cock chick is the Blue. Any and all chicks from this pairing "showing" Cinnamon will be hens, while any and all normal chicks (not showing cinnamon) will be cocks, but: any normal cock chicks may or may not be carrying the cinnamon genes."
http://www.mycanaries.com/fife.htm
If you do a Google search, watch out: unsurprisingly, it brings up an awful lot of porn! If there's any secondary or slang meaning to the American term, we're not aware of it. Any sexual innuendo aside, "cock chick" is actually the technical term for a bird's male offspring.
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Comment: "Thanks!"
+3
28 mins
cock
(from Cambridge International Dictionary of English)
rooster
noun [C]
American and Australian for cock (BIRD)
HTH!
Naty :^)
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(from Cambridge International Dictionary of English)
cock, American and Australian also rooster (BIRD)
noun [C]
an adult male chicken
At 5 a.m. the cock started to crow.
Cock, used with the name of a bird, refers to the fully-grown adult male of that type.
a cock robin
a cock sparrow
a cock pheasant
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Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: roost·er
Pronunciation: \'rüs-t&r also \'rus-
Function: noun
Date: 1772
1 a : an adult male domestic fowl : COCK b : an adult male of various birds other than the domestic fowl
2 : a cocky or vain man
Main Entry: 1cock
Pronunciation: \'käk
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, of imitative origin
Date: before 12th century
1 a : the adult male of the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) b : the male of birds other than the domestic fowl
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Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: chick
Pronunciation: \'chik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English chyke, alteration of chiken
Date: 15th century
1 a : a domestic chicken; especially : one newly hatched b : the young of any bird
Cambridge:
chick (BIRD)
noun [C]
a baby bird, esp. a young chicken
rooster
noun [C]
American and Australian for cock (BIRD)
HTH!
Naty :^)
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Note added at 2002-06-30 17:32:14 (GMT)
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(from Cambridge International Dictionary of English)
cock, American and Australian also rooster (BIRD)
noun [C]
an adult male chicken
At 5 a.m. the cock started to crow.
Cock, used with the name of a bird, refers to the fully-grown adult male of that type.
a cock robin
a cock sparrow
a cock pheasant
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Note added at 2002-06-30 17:34:13 (GMT)
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Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: roost·er
Pronunciation: \'rüs-t&r also \'rus-
Function: noun
Date: 1772
1 a : an adult male domestic fowl : COCK b : an adult male of various birds other than the domestic fowl
2 : a cocky or vain man
Main Entry: 1cock
Pronunciation: \'käk
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, of imitative origin
Date: before 12th century
1 a : the adult male of the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) b : the male of birds other than the domestic fowl
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Note added at 2002-06-30 17:35:50 (GMT)
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Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: chick
Pronunciation: \'chik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English chyke, alteration of chiken
Date: 15th century
1 a : a domestic chicken; especially : one newly hatched b : the young of any bird
Cambridge:
chick (BIRD)
noun [C]
a baby bird, esp. a young chicken
Peer comment(s):
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Tatiana Neroni (X)
: Or just a "rooster", without "chick". Yes, it's American English.
28 mins
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Thanks Tatiana! ;^)
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Claudia Andreani
2 hrs
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Thank you, Claudia! ;^)
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mickymayes
8 days
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Thanks a lot! ;^)
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39 mins
rvillaronga
United States
United States
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el polluelo del gallo
The spanish translation would suggest a baby rooster!
+1
42 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
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English
Mexico
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Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
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cockerel
Cockerel. A male chicken under 1 year old.
The Concise OED defines cockerel as a young domestic cock
The Concise OED defines cockerel as a young domestic cock
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