chick C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /tʃɪk/ UK /tʃɪk/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like sick /tʃ/ vs /s/ Sounds like cheek /ɪ/ vs /iː/ Meanings 1 noun a young bird, especially a newly hatched chicken A fluffy yellow chick pecked at the grain near the coop. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a young bird, especially a... chickenfledglingnestlingpoulthatchling Word family Derived forms chickabiddy Related forms chicken Etymology AI details A shortening of chicken, from Old English cicen ('young fowl'), from Proto-Germanic *kiukīnam, ultimately of imitative origin mimicking a bird's cheep. cicen Old English *kiukīnam Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # chick **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /tʃɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /tʃɪk/ ## Meanings 1. a young bird, especially a newly hatched chicken ## Examples - A fluffy yellow chick pecked at the grain near the coop. ## Synonyms - chicken - fledgling - nestling - poult - hatchling ## Derived Forms - chickabiddy ## Related Forms - chicken ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cicen - Root: *kiukīnam ## Etymology A shortening of chicken, from Old English cicen ('young fowl'), from Proto-Germanic *kiukīnam, ultimately of imitative origin mimicking a bird's cheep. ## AI Etymology Chick is a shortening of chicken, from Old English cicen ('young fowl'), from Proto-Germanic *kiukīnam, ultimately of imitative origin mimicking a bird's cheep. Important recorded forms include cicen (Old English) and *kiukīnam (Proto-Germanic). The current sense covers a young bird, especially a newly hatched chicken. The wider family includes derived forms such as chickabiddy and related words such as chicken. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown