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chickadee

/ˈt͡ʃɪk.əˌdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
chick-adee
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃɪk.əˌdi/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

Affectionate term of address.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Apparent onomatopoeia from these birds' calls having a distinctive “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” sound, possibly influenced by chick or chicken.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chickadees (plural)

Phrases

Acadian chickadee black-capped chickadee boreal chickadee Carolina chickadee chestnut-backed chickadee grey-headed chickadee Mexican chickadee mountain chickadee

Synonyms

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Questions

How do you pronounce chickadee?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪk.əˌdi/.
What does chickadee mean?
Any of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae.
Where does chickadee come from?
Apparent onomatopoeia from these birds' calls having a distinctive “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” sound, possibly influenced by chick or chicken.

How to pronounce chickadee

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