Henne — meaning in English

English meaning

• broody adjective Feeling a strong longing to have a baby.
• hen noun An adult female chicken, especially one kept for laying eggs.

Senses

Henne is used for these senses in English:

• broody A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.
• hen A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
• hen A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.

broody — full definition

1. adjective Feeling a strong longing to have a baby.
2. adjective Quiet, moody and lost in gloomy thought.
3. adjective Of a hen, sitting on eggs to hatch them, or wanting to.

hen — full definition

1. noun An adult female chicken, especially one kept for laying eggs.
2. noun An adult female of various other bird species.
3. noun A casual, often affectionate term for a woman, especially in British and Scottish speech.

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