gallina

== Asturian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin gallīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaˈʎina/ [ɡaˈʎi.na] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: ga‧lli‧na === Noun === gallina f (plural gallines) hen (female bird (i.e. chicken)) Synonym: pita == Catalan == === Alternative forms === galina (Mallorca) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan gallina, from Latin gallīna. Compare Occitan galina, Old French jeline, Spanish gallina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡəˈʎi.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈʎi.na] Rhymes: -ina === Noun === gallina f (plural gallines) hen ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === gallina m or f (masculine and feminine plural gallines) cowardly === See also === lloca === References === “gallina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “gallina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “gallina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “gallina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Corsican == === Alternative forms === ghjaddina, ghjallina === Etymology === From Latin gallīna. === Noun === gallina f (plural galline) hen === References === “gallina” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin gallīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡalˈli.na/ Rhymes: -ina Hyphenation: gal‧lì‧na === Noun === gallina f (plural galline, masculine gallo) hen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === alligna == Latin == === Etymology === From gallus (“rooster”) + -īna. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡalˈliː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡalˈliː.na] === Noun === gallīna f (genitive gallīnae); first declension hen (female chicken) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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 == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin gallīna. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: ga‧lli‧na === Noun === gallina f (plural gallinas, masculine gallo, masculine plural gallos) hen (colloquial) chicken (coward) Synonyms: cagado, cagón, cagueta, cobarde ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “gallina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025