quail
Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in…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.
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3 senses(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.
Wachtel
пе́репелpérepel
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small gallinaceous game birds
(uncountable)The meat from this bird eaten as food.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A prostitute.
Examples
11 sentencesWhen was the last time you ate a quail egg?
A quail egg weighs on average 10 grams.
ruПерепелиное яйцо весит в среднем 10 грамм. — odexed
deEin Wachtelei wiegt im Durchschnitt 10 Gramm. — Stuhr
He was furious and she quailed before him.
Janos talked about different ways of cooking quail.
I ate some boiled quail eggs a few nights ago.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English quayle, quaile, quaille, from Anglo-Norman quaille, from Late Latin quFrom Middle English quayle, quaile, quaille, from Anglo-Norman quaille, from Late Latin quaccola (“quail”).
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Forms
plural: quails / quailWord family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.