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How to pronounce “hen”
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Pronunciation guide for hen
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hen with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- March: Book One
when he was a student at Fisk, during the Civil Rights
- Definition summary
- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce hen
March: Book One
when he was a student at Fisk, during the Civil Rights
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hen”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
- A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
- (uncommon) A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
- (figuratively) A woman.
- (UK, informal) A hen night.
- (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
- (transgender slang) The penis of a trans woman.
- (figuratively, derogatory, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
- (obsolete) A large pewter pot used in a tavern.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, intransitive) Synonym of mother-hen.
- [Adverb]
- (dialectal) Hence.
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