bantam

See also: Bantam and bận tâm

English

A Japanese bantam rooster

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Bantam (Banten province in Java).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæntəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æntəm

Noun

bantam (plural bantams)

1. Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
   • 1829, Caroline Bowles Southey, Chapters on Churchyards, page 114:

     From the dairy we passed into the poultry-yard; and there I was introduced to a train of milk-white turkeys, and fowls of the same colour, a few bantams, and three galenies, Mrs. Helen's especial favourites, […]

2. (sports) A competitor in an age division between peewee and midget.

Derived terms

• bantamize
• bantamweight
• Sebright bantam syndrome

 

Translations

chicken

• Afrikaans: kapokhoendertjie
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: krielkip (nl) f
• Finnish: kääpiökana (fi)
• French: poule naine f
• German: Zwerghuhn n
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: ayam katik (id), ayam kate (slang)
• Irish: gearrchearc f (hen), gearrchoileach m (cock)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: バンタム (bantamu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ແຈ້ (chǣ), ໄກ່ແຈ້ (kai chǣ)
• Lingala: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: џинка f (džinka)
• Malay: ayam katik
• Ottoman Turkish: اسپنج (ispenc)
• Portuguese: garnisé (pt) m or f
• Russian: бента́мка f (bentámka), банта́мка f (bantámka)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Tày: cáy tắm
• Turkish: ispenç (tr)
• Vietnamese: gà ri (vi)

sports age division

• Finnish: D-juniorit pl
• French: minime (fr) m or f

Adjective

bantam (not comparable)

1. Small or miniature.
   • 2013 April 1, Natalie Angier, “Nature’s Drone, Pretty and Deadly”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Dragonflies may be bantam, but their appetite is bottomless.

2. Spirited or aggressive.

Anagrams

• Batman, batman