quail

(Inglese)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither.
2. (archaic, transitive) To daunt or frighten (someone).
3. (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
4. (intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
2. (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A prostitute.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kweɪl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: quaylen

Ereditato da inglese medio: quayle

In summary

From Middle English quaylen, from Middle Dutch queilen, quēlen, from Old Dutch *quelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”). Doublet of queal.

Concetti

quaglia

coturnice

sinonimi

flinch

recoil

shrink

wince

funk

cringe

partridge

be afraid

tremble

squinch

fear

😨

grouse

shiver

shudder

shy

startle

be discouraged

be frightened

common quail

get scared

little quail

make one’s flesh creep

shrink back

be daunted

fish

🐟

bushfowl

have a feeling of repugnance

make one’s hair stand on end

tremble in fear

Old World quail

migratory quail

balk

doggle

blench

bobwhite

boggle

bowerbird

cower

falter

get frightened

intimidate

little

quake

quiver

Traduzioni

codorniz

caille

Wachtel

kwartel

codorniz

Coturnix coturnix

guatlla

ορτύκι

przepiórka

coturnix

bıldırcın

kwakkel

ortigometra

codorna

catla