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Hi Marg =) plural of chicken is chickens.
What is a plural form of chicken?
Singular. chicken. Plural. chickens. The plural form of chicken; more than one (kind of) chicken.
Is chicken a singular?
The word “chicken” is singular and has been since Old English. As we’ll explain, the “-en” in “chicken” was originally a diminutive, not a plural ending. Only in rural dialects, mostly in the 19th century in the southwest of England, has “chicken” ever been used as a plural for “chick.”
What is the singular form of chicken?
“Chicken” is singular, for an adult female. Plural “chickens.” “Chick” is singular, for the baby bird. Plural “chicks.”
How do you make chicken countable?
“Our family has three chickens.” Our family has three chickens. We have to use the plural form here, chickens, because we have three of them. So this is using it as a countable noun to refer to the bird.
Is it right to say chickens?
The noun chicken can be countable or uncountable. In more common, ordinarily used, contexts, the plural form will also be chicken. Anyway, in more particular contexts, the plural form can also be chickens e.g. in reference to all kinds of types of chickens or a collection of chickens.
What is the plural of fish?
The plural of fish is usually fish. When referring to more than one species of fish, especially in a scientific context, you can use fishes as the plural.
What is a plural of goat?
goat /ˈgoʊt/ noun. plural goats.
What is the plural of cow?
cow (plural cows)
What is the plural of Turkey?
Singular. turkey. Plural. turkeys. The plural form of turkey; more than one (kind of) turkey.
What is the plural of sheep?
sheep (countable and uncountable, plural sheep or (nonstandard, mostly humorous) sheeps) (countable) A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
What is a plural of deer?
deer. / (dɪə) / noun plural deer or deers.
What is the plural of duck?
1 duck /ˈdʌk/ noun. plural ducks.
Can we count chicken?
(countable) A chicken is a bird that farmers raise for meat and eggs. My father went out back, caught a chicken, cut off its head, and cleaned it for dinner. (uncountable) Chicken is the meat of a chicken.
Is fried chicken a plural?
Both are correct depending on the context. The most commonly used is “fried chicken”.
Can I say meats?
Meat is usually used as an uncountable noun which means that the plural of meat is also meat. We use “meats” as the plural when we want to emphasize that we are talking about different types of meat.
Why are chickens called chickens?
Caption Options. hen” started out as the feminine version of the Old English word for a rooster, hana. And hana itself came from West Germanic–the linguistic ancestor of the mumbly tongues now spoken from Belgium up to Denmark–which called the male chicken a khannjo: literally, “bird who sings for sunrise.”
Are hens and chickens the same?
Just as we humans are a particular species within mammals. And just as humans are divided into male and female and children and adults, chickens are likewise. In this context, a man equals a “rooster” and a woman equals a “hen”. Both are generally chickens, but the names indicate their gender and that they are adults.
Why do people call others chicken?
If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something. I’m scared of the dark.
What is the plural of fox?
1 fox /ˈfɑːks/ noun. plural foxes.
What is the plural of water?
waters
Both the noncount water and the plural waters are used to refer to a specific body of water, as in “the water(s) of Lake Michigan.” But there are subtle differences in their use.