Feminine

patrijs

Meaning

(feminine) A partridge, any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris.
(feminine) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

gray partridge

πέρδικα

perditz

perdrix grise

الحجل

çilkeklik

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paːˈtrɛi̯s/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

patrise

In summary

From Middle Dutch patrise, from older partrise, from Old French pertriz, variant of perdriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Forms retaining the first r existed into the 17th century.

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