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Meaning of chicken-or-egg question | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A supposed paradox concerning whether chickens or chicken eggs existed first.
  2. A question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first.
    broadly

Equivalents

العربية مُعْضِلَة الدَجَاجَةِ وَالبَيْضَةِ
Deutsch Henne-Ei-Problem
Español paradoja del huevo y la gallina
Français paradoxe de l’œuf et de la poule
Italiano paradosso dell'uovo e della gallina
日本語 鶏が先か、卵が先か
한국어 닭이 먼저냐? 일이 먼저냐?
Nederlands kip-en-eiprobleem
Português paradoxo do ovo e da galinha
Русский диле́мма ку́рицы и яйца́ пробле́ма ку́рицы и яйца́

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

chicken's-meat chickenability chickenarian chickenball chickenberry chickenboner

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