Whether you’re a foodie, traveler, chef, language lover, or someone just curious about menus in other countries — you might be wondering:
How do you say “chicken” in different languages?
People search for this word for many reasons — from ordering food abroad to labeling international recipes or even naming pets.
This blog helps you not only learn how to say “chicken” in 70 different languages, but also how to pronounce it and use it in a sentence.
🌍 How to Say Chicken in 70 Different Languages
Each line shows the language, a flag, the translation, simple English pronunciation, and an example sentence.
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Pollo | Pronunciation: poh-yo
Quiero comer pollo asado. - French (🇫🇷) – Poulet | Pronunciation: poo-leh
Le poulet est bien cuit. - German (🇩🇪) – Hähnchen | Pronunciation: hen-shen
Ich esse gern gebratenes Hähnchen. - Italian (🇮🇹) – Pollo | Pronunciation: pol-lo
Il pollo alla griglia è delizioso. - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Frango | Pronunciation: fran-go
Eu gosto de frango com arroz. - Turkish (🇹🇷) – Tavuk | Pronunciation: ta-vook
Tavuk yemeği nefisti. - Russian (🇷🇺) – Курица | Pronunciation: koo-ree-tsa
Я приготовил курицу на ужин. - Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 鸡肉 | Pronunciation: jee-roh
我喜欢吃鸡肉。 - Japanese (🇯🇵) – 鶏肉 | Pronunciation: torī-niku
私は鶏肉が好きです。 - Korean (🇰🇷) – 닭고기 | Pronunciation: dak-go-gi
닭고기가 정말 맛있어요. - Hindi (🇮🇳) – चिकन | Pronunciation: chi-kan
मुझे मसालेदार चिकन पसंद है। - Urdu (🇵🇰) – چکن | Pronunciation: chicken
آج رات کے کھانے میں چکن ہے۔ - Arabic (🇸🇦) – دجاج | Pronunciation: da-jaaj
أنا أحب الدجاج المشوي. - Bengali (🇧🇩) – মুরগির মাংস | Pronunciation: mur-gi-r mang-sho
আমি মুরগির মাংস পছন্দ করি। - Greek (🇬🇷) – Κοτόπουλο | Pronunciation: ko-to-pou-lo
Το κοτόπουλο είναι νόστιμο. - Polish (🇵🇱) – Kurczak | Pronunciation: koor-chak
Kurczak z grilla smakuje świetnie. - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Kip | Pronunciation: kip
Ik eet graag kip met rijst. - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Kyckling | Pronunciation: shick-ling
Kycklingen är saftig och god. - Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Kylling | Pronunciation: shil-ling
Jeg lager kylling til middag. - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Kana | Pronunciation: ka-nah
Kana on mehukasta. - Danish (🇩🇰) – Kylling | Pronunciation: kul-ling
Kylling smager fantastisk. - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Csirke | Pronunciation: chir-keh
A csirke finom volt. - Czech (🇨🇿) – Kuře | Pronunciation: koo-zheh
Mám rád kuře na paprice. - Romanian (🇷🇴) – Pui | Pronunciation: pwee
Puiul la cuptor este gustos. - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Kuku | Pronunciation: koo-koo
Ninapenda kuku wa kuchoma. - Zulu (🇿🇦) – Inkukhu | Pronunciation: in-koo-koo
Ngithanda ukudla inkukhu. - Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Inkukhu | Pronunciation: in-koo-koo
Ndiyathanda inkukhu. - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Thịt gà | Pronunciation: tit gah
Tôi thích ăn thịt gà. - Thai (🇹🇭) – ไก่ | Pronunciation: gài
ฉันชอบกินไก่ทอด. - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Ayam | Pronunciation: ah-yam
Saya makan ayam goreng. - Malay (🇲🇾) – Ayam | Pronunciation: ah-yam
Ayam rendang sangat sedap. - Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Manok | Pronunciation: mah-nok
Masarap ang pritong manok. - Esperanto (🌍) – Kokido | Pronunciation: ko-kee-doh
Mi ŝatas manĝi kokidon. - Catalan (🇦🇩) – Pollastre | Pronunciation: po-yas-treh
M’agrada molt el pollastre. - Basque (🇪🇸) – Oiloa | Pronunciation: oy-lo-ah
Oiloa gozoa da. - Welsh (🏴) – Cyw iâr | Pronunciation: kyoo yaar
Dw i’n hoffi cyw iâr rhost. - Irish (🇮🇪) – Sicín | Pronunciation: shick-een
Is maith liom sicín friochta. - Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – Coileach | Pronunciation: koy-lakh
Tha an coileach blasta. - Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – Moa | Pronunciation: moh-ah
ʻOno loa ka moa i kuke ʻia. - Hmong (🇨🇳🇱🇦) – Qaib | Pronunciation: ka-eye
Kuv nyiam noj qaib. - Pashto (🇦🇫) – چرګه | Pronunciation: char-gah
زه چرګه خوښوم. - Persian (🇮🇷) – مرغ | Pronunciation: morgh
من مرغ سرخشده دوست دارم. - Kurdish (🇹🇯) – Mirîşk | Pronunciation: mee-reeshk
Ez mirîşkê hez dikim. - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – עוף | Pronunciation: of
אני אוהב עוף עם תפוחי אדמה. - Amharic (🇪🇹) – ዶሮ | Pronunciation: do-ro
ዶሮ በከበሮ በጣም ጣፋጭ ነው። - Somali (🇸🇴) – Digaag | Pronunciation: dee-gaag
Waxaan jeclahay digaag la dubay. - Hausa (🇳🇬) – Kaza | Pronunciation: kah-zah
Ina son kaza da shinkafa. - Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Adìẹ | Pronunciation: ah-dee-eh
Mo feran adìẹ jùlọ. - Igbo (🇳🇬) – Ọkụkọ | Pronunciation: oh-koo-koh
Ọkụkọ esi na nri dị ụtọ. - Maori (🇳🇿) – Heihei | Pronunciation: hey-hey
He reka te heihei tunutunu. - Samoan (🇼🇸) – Moʻa | Pronunciation: mo-ah
E lelei le moa tunu. - Tongan (🇹🇴) – Moa | Pronunciation: mo-ah
ʻOku ou saiʻi ʻaki e moa. - Lao (🇱🇦) – ໄກ່ | Pronunciation: kai
ຂ້ອຍມັກກິນໄກ່ທອດ. - Khmer (🇰🇭) – សាច់មាន់ | Pronunciation: sach moan
ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តសាច់មាន់។ - Burmese (🇲🇲) – ကြက်သား | Pronunciation: kyet-tha
ကြက်သားဟာအရမ်းဆေးပါတယ်။ - Tajik (🇹🇯) – Гӯшт мурғ | Pronunciation: gusht murgh
Ман гӯшт мурғ дӯст медорам. - Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tovuq | Pronunciation: toh-vook
Tovuq go‘shti mazali. - Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Тауық | Pronunciation: ta-week
Тауық етін жақсы көремін. - Georgian (🇬🇪) – ქათამი | Pronunciation: ka-ta-mi
ქათამი გემრიელია. - Armenian (🇦🇲) – Հավի միս | Pronunciation: ha-vee mees
Ես սիրում եմ հավի միս։ - Maltese (🇲🇹) – Tiġieġa | Pronunciation: tee-jee-jah
Il-tiġieġa fil-forn hija tajba ħafna. - Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Пилешко | Pronunciation: pee-lesh-ko
Пилешко со ориз е одлично. - Serbian (🇷🇸) – Пилетина | Pronunciation: pee-leh-tee-nah
Волим да једем пилетину. - Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Piletina | Pronunciation: pee-leh-tee-nah
Piletina sa povrćem je ukusna. - Croatian (🇭🇷) – Piletina | Pronunciation: pee-leh-tee-nah
Volim piletinu s roštilja. - Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Piščanec | Pronunciation: peesh-cha-nets
Pečeni piščanec je odličen. - Albanian (🇦🇱) – Pulë | Pronunciation: poo-luh
Pulë e pjekur është shumë e shijshme. - Latvian (🇱🇻) – Vistas gaļa | Pronunciation: vis-tas ga-lya
Es ēdu vistas gaļu katru dienu. - Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Vištiena | Pronunciation: vish-tyeh-nah
Vištiena orkaitėje yra skani. - Estonian (🇪🇪) – Kana | Pronunciation: kah-nah
Kana on minu lemmikroog.
🌟 Conclusion
No matter where you are, chicken is always on the menu – tasty, familiar, and loved in every language.
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