Meanings
nounchickadee (plural chickadees)
plural chickadees
- Affectionate term of address.
I got a date with a cute little chickadee in just a few, an' I don't wanna be late!
2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae.
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Origin
Apparent onomatopoeia from these birds' calls having a distinctive “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” sound, possibly influenced by chick or chicken.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans mees
- meessongbird
Bulgarian сини́гер
- сини́гер (siníger)songbird
Catalan mallerenga
- mallerengasongbird
Chinese Mandarin 山雀
- 山雀 (shānquè)songbird
Czech sýkora, sýkorka
- sýkorasongbird
- sýkorkasongbird
Danish mejse
- mejsesongbird
Dutch mees
- meessongbird
Esperanto paruo
- paruosongbird
Estonian tihane
- tihanesongbird
Finnish tiainen, talitiainen
- tiainensongbird
- talitiainensongbird
French mésange
- mésangesongbird
German Meise
- Meisesongbird
Greek παπαδίτσα
- παπαδίτσα (papadítsa)songbird
Hindi रामगंगरा
- रामगंगरा (rāmgaṅgrā)songbird
Hungarian cinege, cinke
- cinegesongbird
- cinkesongbird
Irish méantán
- méantánsongbird
Italian cincia
- cinciasongbird
Japanese 四十雀, シジュウカラ
- 四十雀 (shijūkara)songbird
- シジュウカラ (shijūkara)songbird
Korean 박새
- 박새 (baksae)songbird
Latin parus
- parussongbird
Lithuanian zylė
- zylėsongbird
Norwegian meis
- meissongbird
Persian چرخریسک
- چرخریسکsongbird
Polish sikora
- sikorasongbird
Portuguese chapim
- chapimsongbird
Romanian pițigoi
- pițigoisongbird
Russian сини́ца, га́ичка
- сини́ца (siníca)songbird
- га́ичка (gáička)songbird
Scottish Gaelic cailleachag, currac-baintighearna
- cailleachagsongbird
- currac-baintighearnasongbird
Slovak sýkorka
- sýkorkasongbird
Spanish paro carbonero, carbonero
- paro carbonerosongbird
- carbonerosongbird
Swedish mes, tita
- messongbird
- titasongbird
Ukrainian сини́ця
- сини́ця (synýcja)songbird
Vietnamese bạc má
- bạc másongbird
Cite this entry
APA
chickadee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chickadee
MLA
“chickadee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chickadee. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chickadee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chickadee.
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