cock-a-doodle-doo

cock-a-doodle-doo

See also: cockadoodledoo

English

Alternative forms

• cockadoodledoo, cocka-doodle-doo, cock a doodle doo, cocka doodle doo, cock-a-doodle-do, cockadoodledo, cock a doodle do, cocka-doodle-do, cocka doodle do

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒkəˌduːdəlˈduː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑkəˌdudəlˈdu/

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Interjection

cock-a-doodle-doo

1. Imitative of the cry of the rooster.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii], page 5, column 1:

     Hark, hark, I heare, the ſtraine of ſtrutting Chanticlere cry cockadidle-dowe.

   • 1875 July 23, Sydney Punch, page 1, column 1:

     Chook, chook, quack, quack, / Cock-a-doodle-doo; / All the ducks and the fowls / Admire me, they do.

Derived terms

• fuck-a-doodle-doo

Translations

cry of the rooster

Afrikaans: koekelekoe Akan: kokrokoo Albanian: kikirikiki Arabic: (please verify) كُوكُوكِعُو‎ (kūkūkiʕū) Armenian: ծուղրուղու (hy) (cułrułu) Basque: kukurruku (eu) Belarusian: кукарэку́ (kukarekú) Bikol Central: tukturaok (bcl) Bulgarian: кукуригу (kukurigu) Catalan: quiquiriquic (ca), quequerequec (ca), quicaraquic (ca), cocorococ (ca) Cebuano: tuktugaok Chinese: Mandarin: 咕咕咕 (gūgūgū), 喔喔喔 (wōwōwō) Czech: kikirikí, kykyryký Danish: kykkeliky, kykliky (da), kykeliky Dutch: kukeleku (nl) Esperanto: kokeriko Estonian: kikerikii, kukeleegu (et) Faroese: kakkulárakó Finnish: kukkokiekuu (fi) French: cocorico (fr) Georgian: ყიყლიყო (q̇iq̇liq̇o) German: kikeriki (de) m Greek: κουκουρίκου (el) (koukouríkou), κικιρίκου (el) (kikiríkou) Hebrew: קוּקוּרִיקוּ‎ (he) (kukurikú) Hindi: कुक्रूकु (kukrūku) Hungarian: kukurikú (hu), kukorikú, kukorékolás (hu) Icelandic: gaggalagó, gaggalagú Indonesian: kukuruyuk (id) Irish: coc-a-dúdal-dú Italian: chicchirichì (it), (dated) cuccurucù Japanese: コケコッコー (ja), こけこっこー, こけこっこう (kokekokkō) Kannada: ಕೊಕ್ಕೊಕ್ಕೋ (kn) (kokkokkō) Korean: 꼬끼오 (ko) (kkokkio), 꼬끼오 꼬꼬 (kkokkio kkokko) Latin: cocococo, coco coco Latvian: kikerigū Limburgish: kukelieku Lingala: kokolikó Lithuanian: kakariekū Macedonian: кукурику́ (kukurikú) Maltese: kukuriku Maori: tekekō Navajo: iʼííʼą́óó Norwegian: kykeliky (no) Polish: kukuryku (pl) Portuguese: cocorocó (pt) m, cocoricó (pt) m Romanian: cucurigu (ro) Russian: кукареку́ (ru) (kukarekú) Sanskrit: काक (sa) (kāka) Scots: cock-a-roora-koo Scottish Gaelic: gog-a-ghuidhe-ghaoidhe Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кукурику Latin: kukuriku Sicilian: cucurucù Slovak: kikirikí Slovene: kikirikȋ (sl) Southern Dagaare: konkoliirikoo Spanish: quiquiriquí (es), cocorocó, cocoricó Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: kuckeliku (sv) Tagalog: tiktilaok Tamil: கொக்கரக்கோ (kokkarakkō) Thai: เอ้กอีเอ้กเอ้ก Tibetan: ཀོད་ཀོའི་ཀོད (kod ko'i kod) Turkish: ü-ürü-ü Ukrainian: кукуріку́ (kukurikú) Vietnamese: ò ó o, o o (vi) Warray: tuktugaok Zazaki: qıtqıtaq, ü-ürü-ü

Noun

cock-a-doodle-doo (plural cock-a-doodle-doos)

1. The cry of the rooster.