noun

chicken

Translation

chicken, coward

The chicken lays eggs.

I like to eat fried chicken.

Don't be such a chicken!

a chicken (the animal) We have three chickens in our backyard.

chicken (the meat, uncountable) Would you like some more chicken?

a chicken (a coward) He's a chicken when it comes to horror films.

Synonyms: fowl, poultry (meat); coward (person)

From Old English 'cicen', which originally meant 'young fowl'.

The word 'chicken' is in 'kitchen', where you often cook it.