partridge

Senso (Inglese)

1. Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
2. (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
3. (obsolete) 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.

Concetti

pernice

starna

pernice sudamericana

tinamu

tinamo

sinonimi

quail

ruffed grouse

hun

bobwhite quail

grouse

tinamou

grey partridge

Chinese francolin

gray partridge

Bonasa umbellus

bobwhite

Hungarian partridge

pheasant

poult

hen

🐔

guinea fowl

bushfowl

game bird

Traduzioni

perdrix

Rebhuhn

patrijs

perdiz

perdiz

perdiu

πέρδικα

perditz

kew

keklik

perdreau

الحجل

Perdix

Perdix perdix

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: partrich

In summary

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”).