partridge
Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix…Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
» She goes about like a partridge.
Meaning
3 sensesAny bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
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куропа́ткаkuropátka
куріпкаkuripka, куріпка сіраkuripka sira
(uncountable)The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
(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.
- small Old World gallinaceous game birds
- flesh of either quail or grouse
- valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
- heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
Examples
21 sentencesShe goes about like a partridge.
There's no partridge in that pear tree.
Her gait is like that of a partridge.
Her walk is similar to that of a partridge.
Her manner of walking resembles that of a partridge.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English partrich, partriche, pertriche, perdriz, from Old French perdriz, partFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: partridges / partridge| Singular | partridge |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonyms- valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada:ruffed grouseBonasa umbellus
- heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds:tinamou
- a popular North American game bird; named for its call:bobwhitebobwhite quail
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable