pheasant

Meaning

1. (countable) A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
2. (uncountable) The meat of this bird, eaten as food.

Synonyms

wildfowl

common pheasant

ring-necked pheasant

peafowl

partridge

common coucal

peacock

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Translations

faisan

Fasan

fagiano

faisán

fazant

faisà

sülün

faisão

φασιανός

faisan

φασιανόs

phasianus

faisăo

Phasianus colchicus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɛzənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fesaunt

In summary

From Middle English fesaunt, fesant, from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós), meaning “[bird] of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”, from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west. Replaced native Old English wōrhana, a variant of mōrhana. More at moorhen.