Animal vs meat

[Hermocrates]

Hello fellow forer@s! I searched the forum for a similar thread but couldn't find one for all languages.

Would you help me write down a list of the names of animals and their meat in as many languages as possible? I hope this will be fun and useful for a lot of people!

If you can think of more animals I may have forgotten, feel free to add them to your list. Also, feel free to correct my list if you find it incomplete or incorrect.

Please don't forget to indicate the language! Thanks!


English

Animal: chicken
Male: cock [BE]; rooster [AE]
Castrated male: capon
Female: hen
Young: chick
Meat: chicken

Animal: duck
Male: drake
Female: duck
Young: duckling
Meat: duck

Animal: sheep
Male: ram
Castrated male: wether
Female: ewe
Young: lamb
Meat: mutton

Animal: goat
Male: billy, buck
Castrated male: wether
Female: nanny
Young: kid
Meat: chevon, mutton

Animal: pig
Male: boar
Castrated male: barrow
Female: sow
Young: piglet
Meat: pork

Animal: cow/bovine
Male: bull
Castrated male: ox [BE]; steer [AE]
Female: cow
Young: calf
Meat: beef

Animal: deer
Male: stag
Female: hind
Young: fawn
Meat: venison

Animal: horse
Male: stallion
Castrated male: gelding
Female: mare
Young: foal
Meat: ??

Animal: donkey
Male: jack
Castrated male: gelding
Female: jenny
Young: foal
Meat: ??


Rye

 

[sokol]

Some names for castrated animals were discussed here and might be useful to fill in gaps.

 

[Hermocrates]

Some names for castrated animals were discussed here and might be useful to fill in gaps.

Excellent! Thanks!

Rye

 

[federicoft]

A few in Italian:

-Chicken:
Animal: pollo
Male: gallo
Castrated male: cappone
Female: gallina
Young: pulcino
Meat: pollo

-Sheep
Animal: pecora
Male: ariete / montone
Castrated male: (montone) castrato
Female: pecora
Young: agnello
Meat: montone

-Goat
Animal: capra
Male: caprone
Castrated male: (caprone) castrato
Female: capra
Young: capretto

-Pig
Animal: maiale
Male: verro
Castrated male: maiale / porco
Female: scrofa
Young: porcellino

-Cow
Animal: vacca
Male: toro
Castrated male: bue
Female: vacca / mucca
Young: vitello
Meat: manzo

-Deero
Animal: cervo / daino
Male: cervo
Female: damma
Young: cerbiatto

-Horse
Animal: cavallo
Male: stallone
Castrated male: castrato
Female: giumenta
Young: puledro

 

[sokol]

German (standard language varieties only)
AG = Austrian German
BG = Bundesdeutsch German (Germany only)
GG =general German (not restricted regionally)
SG = Swiss German
-SE = South-Eastern
-SW = South-Western
-S = South
i. e.: BG-S = Southern Germany only(A great resource for regional standard language terms is de Gruyter's Variantenwörterbuch des Deutschen but I limit my post to those versions I know personally as I am not too sure about connotations of others.)
*) These Austrian names for meat are substantives derived from adjectives.

Animal: Huhn
Male: Hahn [GG]; Gockel [AG BG]
Castrated male: Kapaun
Female: Henne
Young: Küken [BG SG and also AG]; Kücken [AG]
Meat: Hähnchen [BG]; Poulet [SG]; Hendl [AG BG-SO]

Animal: Ente [wild one would be: Wildente]
Male: Erpel [wild ones]; Enterich [domestich male duck]
Female: Ente [wild one would be: Wildente]
Young: Entchen [BG]; Entlein [GG]
Meat: Ente

Animal: Schaf
Male: Widder, Schafbock [both GG; in Austria I guess Schafbock is used mostly]
Castrated male: Hammel
Female: Schaf, Mutterschaf [both GG]
Young: Lamm
Meat: Hammelfleisch, Schaffleisch, Lammfleisch (from Hammel, Schaf, Lamm) [GG] Schöpsernes*) (from Hammel, Schaf) Lämmernes (from Lamm) [AG]
(Here I am not entirely sure which applies for which and which is most used where, with the many terms for meat; those [AG] ones are however, I think, specifically Austrian.)

Animal: Ziege [GG]; Geiß/Geiss [AG BG-S SG]
Male: Ziegenbock [BG]; Geißbock/Geissbock [AG BG-S SG]
Castrated male: ?? kastrierter Geißbock/Geissbock [AG BG-S SG; the only one which comes to my mind, not sure]
Female: Ziege [BG]; Geiß/Geiss [AG BG-S SG]
Young: Kitz
Meat: (not sure; I would say 'Goassfleisch' in dialect but this doesn't translate well - standard language 'Geissfleisch' wouldn't work)

Animal: Schwein [wild one: Wildschwein]
Male: Eber, Keiler [wild one]; Saubär [AG BG-SE; domestic one; I have no idea at all wether in Germany and/or Switzerland Eber/Keiler also is used for domestic ones]
Castrated male: Borg (?) [BG as claimed here; I still have doubts and it's in none of my dictionaries, only in Wiki - probably it's dialect); (?) kastrierter Saubär [AG; the best suggestion I can come up with]
Female: Sau [wild one: Wildsau]
Young: Ferkel [GG]; Schweindl, Schweinderl [AG BG-SE]
Meat: Schweinefleisch [GG]; Schweinernes*) [AG]

Animal: Rind, (Kuh) [technically people should say 'Rind' - and farmers very clearly distinguish between 'Rind' and 'Kuh', at least in Austria - but most people who do not care much about biology call them 'Kühe' if they mean the animal in general]
Male: Stier
Castrated male: Ochse
Female: Kuh
Young: Kalb
Meat: Rindfleisch, Kalbfleisch [BG]; Rindsfleisch, Kalbfleisch, Kälbernes*) (from Kalb) [AG BG-S SG]

Animal: Reh [= Schalenwild] (Capreolus capreolus); Hirsch [= Rotwild] (Cervus elaphus)
Male: Rehbock [Capreolus]; Hirsch [Cervus]
Female: Reh [Capreolus]; Hirschkuh [Cervus]
Young: Kitz [GG; both species]; Rehkitzl [AG; only Capreolus]
Meat: Rehfleisch [Capreolus]; Hirschfleisch [Cervus]**)
**) Wildbret would be a general term for deer and wild boar meat. Note also that hunters have some special terms for wild animals (male - female - young) which are not common knowledge to German native speakers. Those are the ones I know. (And I am no hunter.)

Animal: Pferd [GG]; Ross [AG SG BG-S, elsewhere it is used but old-fashioned]; Gaul [BG-SW]
Male: Hengst
Castrated male: Wallach
Female: Stute
Young: Fohlen
Meat: Pferdefleisch [at least in AG this is used, and not only used but also eaten]

Animal: Affe
Male: Männchen***)
Castrated male: ?? kastrierter Affe
Female: Weibchen***)
Young: Junge***)
Meat: ?? Affenfleisch
**) Those just mean 'male', 'female' and 'the young'; I don't think that any special names exist in German.

 

[Hermocrates]

Thanks for the help so far!

I just noticed the thread has been moved to the multilingual glossaries (thanks mods!) so I created an excel document for our animal glossary.
I created an excel document

EDITED TO ADD: updated with all the info collected so far. Thanks!

Rye

 

[Piotr_WRF]

Animal: Affe
Male: Männchen***)
Castrated male: ?? kastrierter Affe
Female: Weibchen***)
Young: Junge***)
Meat: ?? Affenfleisch
**) Those just mean 'male', 'female' and 'the young'; I don't think that any special names exist in German.

I just noticed the thread has been moved to the multilingual glossaries (thanks mods!) so I created an excel document for our animal glossary.

I've just noticed that your Excel document contains a mistake here. Affe in German is not donkey but ape or monkey.

 

[Piotr_WRF]

I'm attaching the Excel document with Polish added to the list. I hope I've got everything right, although some of the "deer terminology" is missing.

P.S.: I've removed Affe from the list.

 

[MaxJ]

In Dutch:

Animal: chicken(kip)
Male: haan
Castrated male: kapoen
Female: hen
Young: kuimen
Meat: kip/kippenvlees

Animal: duck(eend)
Male: woerd
Female: eend
Young: pulletje
Meat: eend/eendenvlees

Animal: sheep(schaap)
Male: ram
Castrated male: hamel
Female: ooi
Young: lam
Meat: schaap/schapenvlees

Animal: goat(geit)
Male: bok
Castrated male: weer/hamel/kapater
Female: geit
Young: lam
Meat: geit/geitenvlees

Animal: pig(varken)
Male: beer
Castrated male: barg/borg/berg/schram
Female: zeug
Young: big
Meat: varken/varkensvlees

Animal: cow/bovine(koe)
Male: stier
Castrated male: os
Female: koe
Young: kalf
Meat: rund/rundvlees

Animal: deer(hert)
Male: hert
Female: hinde
Young: kalf
Meat: hert/hertenvlees

Animal: horse(paard)
Male: hengst
Castrated male: ruin
Female: merrie
Young: veulen
Meat: paardenvlees

Animal: donkey(ezel)
Male: hengst
Castrated male: oen/kluns
Female: merrie
Young: veulen
Meat: ezelvlees


Note: I'm not sure if the different kinds of meat have a different name.

 

[Piotr_WRF]

I've updated the Polish translation, especially added most of the "deer terminology".

 

[Hermocrates]

Thank you very much Piotr and MaxJ for your contribution!

Here is the new updated version based on Piotr's corrections and inclusive of MaxJ's Dutch terms.

Thank you!

Rye

 

[sokol]

I've just noticed that your Excel document contains a mistake here. Affe in German is not donkey but ape or monkey.

Oh, the error was mine really, sorry for that - misread "donkey" as "monkey". Really strange that, yes ...

Animal: donkey = Esel
Male: (Esel)hengst
Castrated male: (Esel)wallach
Female: (Esel)stute
Young: (Esel)fohlen
Meat: ?? Eselfleisch

However I am not quite sure about this terminology; I think the determinating "Esel" before "Hengst" etc. could be omitted if it were clear from context that you are talking about donkeys.

 

[Hermocrates]

Thank you very much!

Here is the updated version:

 

[mallujulia]

English Spanish

Animal: chicken Pollo
Male: cock [BE]; rooster [AE] Gallo
Castrated male: capon Cap'on
Female: hen Gallina
Young: chick Pollito/polluelo
Meat: chicken Pollo

Animal: duck Pato
Male: drake Pato
Female: duck Pata
Young: duckling Patito
Meat: duck Pato

Animal: sheep Oveja
Male: ram Carnero
Castrated male: wether
Female: ewe Oveja
Young: lamb Cordero
Meat: mutton Cordero

Animal: goat Cabra
Male: billy, buck Macho cabr'io
Castrated male: wether
Female: nanny Cabra
Young: kid Cabritillo/less usual Cabrito
Meat: chevon, mutton Cabrito

Animal: pig Cerdo
Male: boar Cerdo
Castrated male: barrow
Female: sow Cerda
Young: piglet Cerdito
Meat: pork Cerdo(or lech'on if it is a piglet)

Animal: cow/bovine Vaca
Male: bull Toro
Castrated male: ox [BE]; steer [AE] Buey
Female: cow Vaca
Young: calf Ternero/Ternerillo
Meat: beef Ternera

Animal: deer Ciervo
Male: stag Ciervo
Female: hind Cierva
Young: fawn Cervatillo
Meat: venison Ciervo/venado

Animal: horse Caballo
Male: stallion Caballo
Castrated male: gelding
Female: mare Yegua (caballa exists but it's a fish)
Young: foal potro
Meat: ?? caballo/carne de caballo

Animal: donkey Burro
Male: jack Burro
Castrated male: gelding
Female: jenny Burra
Young: foal Burrito
Meat: ?? Never seen anyone eating this meat
I would say carne de burro

I'm sorry but I'm afraid I don't know most of the names of the castrated males. Perhaps someone else can help you

 

[Hermocrates]

Thank you very much mallujulia. I fixed the accents:

cap'on -> capón
macho cabr'io -> macho cabrío
lech'on -> lechón

(If you have problems typing diacritics and accents on your keyboard you can use this tool - it's quite useful!)

Here is the new version, inclusive of Spanish terms (see attachment):

 

[sokol]

I've noticed, rye, while working on another glossary, that indeed the "child" of a domestic goat = kid (in Austrian German "Kitzl") also is in standard German "Zicklein" (= GG in this glossary = also known in Austria because the term is used in fairy tales ).
As the list only contains "Kitzl" now "Zicklein" also should be added.

Those who have goats of their own (that is, all people I ever knew who have some) however call them "Kitzl" only, here in Austria, never "Zicklein".

(Please include this in your next update. )

 

[Hermocrates]

Thank you very much for the info! I've updated the file (it also includes a few more terms in Italian) - please find it in the attachment:

 

[apmoy70]

Added names in Greek

 

[zoetsa]

Hungarian

Animal: chicken tyúk/csirke
Male: kakas
Castrated male: kappan
Female: tyúk
Young female: jérce
Little: csibe
Meat: csirke/tyúk/kakas/kappan/csibe

Animal: duck kacsa
Male: gácsér
Female: tojó
Little: csibe
Meat: kacsa

Animal: goose liba/lúd
Male: gúnár
Female: tojó
Little: csibe
Meat: liba

Animal: sheep birka/juh
Male: kos
Castrated male: ürü
Female: jerke, anyajuh
Little: bárány, toklyó
Meat: birka, bárány, ürü

Animal: goat kecske
Male: bak(kecske)
Castrated male: ürü
Female: anya(kecske)
Young female: gödölye
Little: (kecske)gida
Meat: kecske

Animal: pig disznó/sertés
Male: kan
Castrated male: ártány
Female: (anya)koca
Young female: emse
Little: malac, süldő
Meat: disznó/malac

Animal: tehén/szarvasmarha
Male: bika
Castrated male: ökör
Female: tehén
Young female: üsző
Little: borjú
Meat: marha, borjú

Animal: deer szarvas
Male: szarvasbika
Female: szarvastehén
Young female: (szarvas)ünő
Little: szarvasborjú
Meat: szarvas

Animal: deer/roe őz/őzike
Male: őzbak
Female: (őz)sutab
Little: őzgida
Meat: őz

Animal: horse ló
Male: mén/csődör
Castrated male: herélt/paripa (changed meaning, now: great horse)
Female: kanca
Little: csikó
Meat: ló

Animal: donkey szamár
Male: szamárcsődör
Castrated male: herélt
Female: szamárkanca
Little: szamárcsikó
Meat: szamár

Animal: dog kutya
Male: kan
Castrated male:
Female: szuka
Little: kölyök
Meat: kutya

Animal: cat macska/cica
Male: kandúr
Castrated male:
Female: nőstény
Little: kölyök, cica
Meat: macska

 

[mimike]

Hungarian female deer: őzsuta (minor, accidental spelling mistake above)

 

[irinet]

Animal: cow
Female - vacă; Male: taur: Castrated: bou.
Little/Young Male: tăuraş/vițel
Meat: vită
Animal: horse
Female: iapă; Male: armăsar
Castrated: cal
Young Male: mânz
Meat: cal
Animal: pig
Female: scroafă; Male: vier
Young: purcea(female); purceluş(male)
Castrated: porc
Meat: porc
Animal: sheep
Female: oaie; Male: berbec
Young: miel
Meat: oaie or berbec,
berbecuț, miel (young meat)

 

[SuperXW]

In Chinese, you just add the animal's name in front of "meat".
E.g. 豬 (pig) + 肉 (meat) = 豬肉 (pig's meat) = pork!
Who said Chinese is hard?