cock-a-leekie

1 9.9

A Scottish soup containing chicken and leeks, often with prunes

noun

: sopa cock-a-leekie

Have you ever tried cock-a-leekie soup?

Examples

For the starter, we served traditional cock-a-leekie to our guests.
He learned the recipe for cock-a-leekie from his Scottish grandmother.
On a cold day, nothing warms me up like a bowl of cock-a-leekie.
I had a delicious bowl of cock-a-leekie at the festival.
For dinner, we enjoyed a hearty cock-a-leekie soup that warmed us up from the cold weather.
When visiting Scotland, trying traditional cock-a-leekie is a must for any food lover.
The chef prepared a rich cock-a-leekie with tender chicken and flavorful leeks, making it a perfect starter.

Synonyms

chicken soup

vscock-a-leekie

24 1.0

A hot soup made with chicken and vegetables that people eat for comfort when sick

is a regional traditional recipe using leeks and dried fruit for flavor

Surface Forms

cock-a-leekie singular

cock-a-leekies plural

Morphology

cock-a-leekie = cock + leek (transparent) = cock + leek + ie

The dish name transparently denotes chicken ('cock') together with leeks ('leek' + the Scots diminutive/adjectival '-ie'), so learners who know 'cock' and 'leek' can infer the dish.

Etymology

Cock-a-leekie comes from Scotland and simply means 'chicken with leeks': cock is an old word for 'rooster' and leek is the vegetable 'leek', so the name tells you exactly what is in the soup.