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/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

cock-a-doodle-doo

The cry of a 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, [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

imitating the cry of the rooster

Afrikaans: koekelekoe
Akan: kokrokoo
Albanian: kikirikiki
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} كُوكُوكِعُو (kūkūkiʕū)
Armenian: ծուղրուղու (hy) (cuġruġu)
Azerbaijani: quqquluqu
Basque: kukurruku (eu)
Belarusian: кукарэку́ (kukarekú)
Bikol Central: tukturaok (bcl)
Bulgarian: кукуригу (kukurigu)
Burmese: အောက်အီးအီးအွတ်
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)
Gagauz: kukurigu
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 (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)
Komi-Zyrian: кикуруллю (kikurulľu)
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
Mari:
Eastern Mari: кӱкӱрекрек (kükürekrek)
Navajo: iʼííʼą́óó
Norwegian: kykeliky (no)
Persian: قوقولی قوقو (ququli ququ)
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, gog a bhitheal ao, gugalaidh-gù
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 (ta) (kokkarakkō)
Thai: เอ้กอีเอ้กเอ้ก
Tibetan: ཀོད་ཀོའི་ཀོད (kod ko'i kod)
Turkish: ü-ürü-ü
Udmurt: кокорикок (kokorikok)
Ukrainian: кукуріку́ (kukurikú)
Vietnamese: ò ó o, o o (vi)
Waray-Waray: tuktugaok
Zazaki: qıtqıtaq, ü-ürü-ü

Noun

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

The cry of the rooster.

Translations

cry of the rooster

Hungarian: kukorékolás (hu)
Maori: tekekō

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