patrijs

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paːˈtrɛi̯s/

Etymology

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.

Concepts

partridge

grey partridge

poult

ptarmigan

gray partridge

bird

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English partridge

hun

Translations

Rebhuhn

perdiz

perdrix

perdiz

kuropatwa

pernice

πέρδικα

perdiu

perditz

starna

perdix

kew

perdrix grise

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