different between vegan vs chicken

English

Etymology

Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first appeared in The Vegan News.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi???n/, /?ve???n/, /?v?d???n/
• Homophones: vaguen (one pronunciation), Vegan
• Rhymes: -i???n, -e???n
• Hyphenation: ve?gan

Adjective

vegan (not comparable)

1. (of a product or practice, especially food) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
2. (of a person) Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.

3. Relating to vegans or veganism. [from 1944]

Translations

Noun

vegan (plural vegans)

1. A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products [from 1944]
2. A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• vegetarian
• vegetarianism

References

Further reading

• vegan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ganev, Vange, ganev

Czech

Noun

vegan m

1. vegan (veganism supporter)

Declension

Derived terms

• veganka (feminine form)

Related terms

• veganský
• veganství n

See also

• vegetarián m
• vegetariánství n

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English vegan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve??a?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

vegan (comparative veganer, superlative am vegansten)

1. vegan

Declension

Further reading

• “vegan” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English vegan, a clipping of either vegetarian or vegetable. Coined by Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first appeared in The Vegan News.

Noun

vegan m (definite singular veganen, indefinite plural veganer, definite plural veganene)

1. a vegan

Synonyms

• veganer

Related terms

• vegansk
• veganisme

References

• “vegan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English vegan.

Noun

vegan m (definite singular veganen, indefinite plural veganar, definite plural veganane)

1. a vegan

Synonyms

• veganar

Related terms

• vegansk

References

• “vegan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?an/, [?be.??ãn]

Noun

vegan m (plural vegans or vegan)

1. a vegan

   Synonym: vegano

Swedish

Noun

vegan c

1. vegan, person who does not use animal products.

Declension

See also

• vegetarian

English

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ch?k'?n, IPA^(key): /?t???k?n/
• Rhymes: -?k?n, -?k?n
• Hyphenation: chick?en

Etymology 1

From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ?icen, ?ycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kiuk?n (“chicken”), or alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kukk?n, equivalent to cock +? -en. Compare North Frisian schückling (“chicken”), Saterland Frisian Sjuuken (“chicken”), Dutch kuiken (“chick, chicken”), German Low German Küken (“chick”), whence German Küken (“chick”), (elevated, obsolete) German Küchlein (“chick”) and Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).

Noun

chicken (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)

1. (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.
   • 1997, Beverley Randell, Clive Harper, Chickens, Nelson Thornes (?ISBN), page 8:

     Some chickens lay eggs almost every day. […] Chickens are kept for their meat, too.

2. (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
   • 1995, Jean Paré, Chicken, Etc., Company's Coming Publishing Limited (?ISBN), page 7:

     Before cooking chicken, or other poultry, rinse with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel.

3. (archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.
4. (countable, slang) A coward.
   • 2008, Lanakila Michael Achong, Haole Boy: The Adoption of Diversity, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 44:

     Usually, I had no problem approaching girls, but this one was different. I went home and berated myself for being such a chicken.

   • (More commonly used as an adjective with this sense; see below.)
5. (countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
   • 1886, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Lauriston Garden Mystery”, in A Study in Scarlet (Beeton's Christmas Annual; 28th season), London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., November 1887, OCLC 15800088; republished as A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, new edition, London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., 1892, OCLC 23246292, page 43:

     "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."

6. (countable, Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
7. The game of dare.
   1. A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser).

8. A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

Synonyms

• (bird): biddy, chook (Australia, NZ)
• (coward): see Thesaurus:coward
• (young inexperienced person): spring chicken
• (young, attractive, slim man): twink

Hyponyms

• (bird): cock, cockerel, rooster (male), hen (female), chick (young), broiler (suitable as food)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? German: Chicken
• ? Irish: sicín
• ? Japanese: ??? (chikin)
• ? Korean: ?? (chikin)

Translations

See also

• egg
• poultry
• ????

Adjective

chicken (comparative more chicken, superlative most chicken)

1. (informal) Cowardly.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly, Thesaurus:afraid

Derived terms

• chicken out

Etymology 2

Shortening of chicken out.

Verb

chicken (third-person singular simple present chickens, present participle chickening, simple past and past participle chickened)

1. (intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

Etymology 3

From chick +? -en (plural ending).

Noun

chicken

1. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick

Further reading

• chicken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chicken (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chicken (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chicken (gay slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chicken (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• check in, check-in, checkin', in check

Scots

Etymology

From English chicken.

Noun

chicken (plural chickens)

1. chicken