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Cock-a-doodle-doo in 144 languages

144 languages

Cock-a-doodle-doo — the conventional written imitation of a rooster's crow in this language. The onomatopoeia itself, as a children's book or a dictionary would print it: not the verb 'to crow', not the word for rooster, and not a phonetic transcription of a real bird.

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Major languages

English

cock-a-doodle-doo

/ˌkɒkəduːdlˈduː/

6 readings of the same spelling

/ˌkɒkəduːdlˈduː/

English Yorkshire English Irish English Cockney Brummie Estuary English Geordie Mancunian English Scouse South African English Welsh English West Country English

/ˌkɔkəduːdlˈduː/

Indian English Australian English Scottish English New Zealand English Singapore English Jamaican English Kenyan English Nigerian English Philippine English

/ˌkɑːkəduːdlˈduː/

Southern American English Appalachian English

/ˌkɔːkəduːdlˈduː/

African American English

/ˌkɑkəduːdlˈduː/

Canadian English

/ˌkɑkəˌdudəlˈdu/

American English

Chinese

喔喔

/wo˥ wo˥/

3 different spellings

喔喔

/wo˥ wo˥/

Mandarin Chinese

/aːk˥ aːk˥/

/wo˥˩ wo˥˩/

Taiwan Mandarin

咯喈咯喔咯

/kɔk˦ ke˥ kɔ˧˧ ɔʔ˦ kɔʔ˦/

喈喈

/kaːi˥ kaːi˥/

Cantonese Classical Chinese

/kəɨj kəɨj/

Hindi

कुकड़ूँ कूँ

/kʊkɽũː kũː/

French

cocorico

/kɔkɔʁiko/

said the same in 8 places

/kɔkɔʁiko/

French African French Québec French Belgian French Swiss French Haitian French Ivorian French Senegalese French

Bengali

কোঁকর কোঁ

/kõːkɔr kõː/

Urdu

ککڑوں کوں

/kʊkɽũː kũː/

Portuguese

cocoricó

/kokoɾiˈkɔ/

2 different spellings

cocoricó

/kokoɾiˈkɔ/

Brazilian Portuguese

cocorocó

/kokoɾoˈkɔ/

Portuguese Angolan Portuguese Cape Verdean Portuguese Mozambican Portuguese

Russian

кукареку

/kʊkərʲɪˈku/

Indonesian

kukuruyuk

/kukuˈrujuʔ/

Spanish

quiquiriquí

/kikiɾiˈki/

said the same in 14 places

/kikiɾiˈki/

Mexican Spanish Colombian Spanish Spanish Argentine Spanish Peruvian Spanish Chilean Spanish Cuban Spanish Andalusian Spanish Dominican Spanish Ecuadorian Spanish Guatemalan Spanish Puerto Rican Spanish Uruguayan Spanish Venezuelan Spanish

German

kikeriki

/kikəʁiˈkiː/

2 readings of the same spelling

/kikəʁiˈkiː/

/kikəriˈkiː/

Austrian German Swiss Standard German

Japanese

コケコッコー

/kokekokːoː/

said the same in 6 places

/kokekokːoː/

Japanese Osaka Japanese Hiroshima Japanese Hakata Japanese Kagoshima Japanese Kyoto Japanese

Persian

قوقولی قوقو

/ɢuːɢuːliː ɢuːɢuː/

Swahili

kokoriko

/kokoˈriko/

Javanese

kukuruyuk

/kukuruˈjʊʔ/

Vietnamese

ò ó o

/ɔ˨˩ ɔ˧˥ ɔ˧/

2 readings of the same spelling

/ɔ˨˩ ɔ˧˥ ɔ˧/

Vietnamese Southern Vietnamese

/ɔ˦˨ ɔ˨˦ ɔ˥/

Central Vietnamese

Turkish

üürü üü

/yːry yː/

Telugu

కొక్కొరోకో

/kokːoroːkoː/

Tagalog

tiktilaok

/tiktilaˈʔok/

Korean

꼬끼오

/k͈ok͈io/

said the same in 6 places

/k͈ok͈io/

Korean North Korean Busan Korean Jeolla Korean Hamgyong Korean Yanbian Korean

Tamil

கொக்கரக்கோ

/kokkarakkoː/

Hausa

kukuruku

/kúkùrúːkù/

Italian

chicchirichì

/kikkiriˈki/

Thai

เอ้กอี๊เอ้กเอ้ก

/ʔeːk˥˩ ʔiː˦˥ ʔeːk˥˩ ʔeːk˥˩/

East Asia (1)

Macanese Portuguese

cocorocó

/kokoɾoˈkɔ/

Southeast Asia (2)

Sundanese

kongkorongok

/kɔŋkoroŋɔk/

Malaysian English

cock-a-doodle-doo

/ˌkɔkəduːdlˈduː/

South Asia (2)

Malayalam

കൊക്കരക്കോ

/kokːaɾakːoː/

Nepali

कुखुरी काँ

/kukʰuri kãː/

Middle East & Central Asia (4)

Armenian

ծուղրուղու

/tsuʁɾuˈʁu/

Azerbaijani

quqquluqu

/ɡuɡɡuluˈɡu/

Georgian

ყიყლიყო

/qʼiqʼliqʼo/

Hebrew

קוּקוּרִיקוּ

/kukuˈʁiku/

Europe (27)

Belarusian

кукарэку

/kukaˈrɛku/

Bulgarian

кукуригу

/kukuˈriɡu/

Croatian

kukuriku

/kukuˈriːku/

Czech

kykyryký

/ˈkɪkɪrɪkiː/

Danish

kykkeliky

/kykəliˈkyː/

Estonian

kukeleegu

/ˈkukeleːɡu/

Finnish

kukkokiekuu

/ˈkukːokie̯ˌkuː/

Greek

κικιρίκου

/kikiˈriku/

Hungarian

kukurikú

/ˈkukurikuː/

Icelandic

gaggalagó

/ˈɡaɡːalaˌɡouː/

Irish

coc-a-dúdal-dú

/kɔkəˌduːdəlˈduː/

Latvian

kikerigū

/ˈkikɛriɡuː/

Luxembourg French

cocorico

/kɔkɔʁiko/

Luxembourgish German

kikeriki

/kikəʁiˈkiː/

Dutch

kukeleku

/kykələˈky/

said the same in 2 places

/kykələˈky/

Dutch Belgian Dutch

Macedonian

кукурику

/kukuˈriku/

Norwegian

kykeliky

/kykəliˈkyː/

Polish

kukuryku

/kukuˈrɨku/

Romanian

cucurigu

/kukuˈriɡu/

Serbian

кукурику

/kukuˈriːku/

Slovak

kikirikí

/ˈkikirikiː/

Slovenian

kikiriki

/kikiriˈkiː/

Catalan

quiquiriquic

/kikiriˈkik/

2 readings of the same spelling

/kikiriˈkik/

/kikiɾiˈkik/

Galician

quiquiriquí

/kikiɾiˈki/

Basque

kukurruku

/kukuˈruku/

Swedish

kuckeliku

/ˌkɵkːəliˈkʉː/

Ukrainian

кукуріку

/kukuriˈku/

Africa (3)

Cameroonian French

cocorico

/kɔkɔʁiko/

Ghanaian English

cock-a-doodle-doo

/ˌkɔkəduːdlˈduː/

Zulu

kikiligi

/kikiˈliɡi/

North America (1)

Honduran Spanish

quiquiriquí

/kikiɾiˈki/

Latin America (6)

Bolivian Spanish

quiquiriquí

/kikiɾiˈki/

Costa Rican Spanish

quiquiriquí

/kikiɾiˈki/

Salvadoran Spanish

quiquiriquí

/kikiɾiˈki/

Nicaraguan Spanish

quiquiriquí

/kikiɾiˈki/

Panamanian Spanish

quiquiriquí

/kikiɾiˈki/

Paraguayan Spanish

quiquiriquí

/kikiɾiˈki/

Ancient & historical (4)

Heian-period Japanese

8–12c

かけろ

/kakero/

Middle Japanese

12–16c

かげんろ

/kaɡeɴro/

Early Modern English

16–17c

cockadidle-dowe

/kɒk ə ˈdɪdəl doː/

Edo-period Japanese

17–19c

とうてんこう

/toːteɴkoː/

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