partridge
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partridge¹
- /ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈpɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tɹɪdʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English partrich, partriche, pertriche, perdriz, from Old French perdriz, partriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”), probably from πέρδομαι (pérdomai, “to fart”).
noun partridges · partridge
- Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris. On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
- The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.
Partridge²
proper noun
- A surname. Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]
- A minor city in Reno County, Kansas, United States, named after the bird.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bobwhite, ruffed grouse, tinamou, bobwhite quail, bonasa umbellus, chukar, chick, berry, quail, grouse, pheasant, ptarmigan, francolin, greyhen, capercaillie, wood-quail
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noun any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
| Español | perdiz |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 山鶉 yamauzura, ヤマウズラ yamauzura |
| 中文 | 山鶉 /山鹑 shānchún, 石雞 /石鸡 shíjī |
| हिन्दी | तीतर tītar |
| Kiswahili | kwale |
| Português | perdiz |
| Français | perdrix, garbon, perdreau |
| Deutsch | Rebhuhn |
| Italiano | pernice |
| Ελληνικά | πέρδικα pérdika |
| Română | potârniche |
| Русский | куропа́тка kuropátka |
| العربية | حَجَل ḥajal, قبج qabj |
| עברית | חוגלה \ חָגְלָה khoglá |
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