Phrase guide

common quail

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Coturnix coturnix, a bird in the pheasant family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shkurtë — bird in the pheasant family
  • Southern Altai: бӧднӧ (bödnö) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Southern Altai: бӧдӧнӧ (bödönö) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Old Armenian: լոր (lor) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Asturian: cogorniz — bird in the pheasant family
  • Asturian: parpayuela — bird in the pheasant family
  • Azerbaijani: adi bildirçin — bird in the pheasant family
  • Azerbaijani: bildirçin — bird in the pheasant family
  • Bashkir: бүҙәнә (büźənə) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Bashkir: бүтбелдек (bütbeldek) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Bashkir: бытбылдыҡ (bıtbıldıq) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Belarusian: звычайная перапёлка (zvyčajnaja pjerapjólka) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Belarusian: перапёлка (pjerapjólka) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Bulgarian: пъдпъдъ́к (pǎdpǎdǎ́k) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Catalan: guatlla — bird in the pheasant family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鵪鶉 /鹌鹑 (ānchún) — bird in the pheasant family
  • East Circassian: ныбгъуэ (nəbğwɛ) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Finnish: viiriäinen — bird in the pheasant family
  • French: caille — bird in the pheasant family
  • German: Wachtel — bird in the pheasant family
  • Greek: κοινό ορτύκι (koinó ortýki) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Irish: gearg — bird in the pheasant family
  • Italian: quaglia comune — bird in the pheasant family
  • Japanese: ウズラ (uzura) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Kazakh: бөдене (bödene) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Navajo: díłdánii yił aheełtʼéhii — bird in the pheasant family
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vaktel — bird in the pheasant family
  • Persian: بلدرچین (belderčin) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Polish: przepiórka — bird in the pheasant family
  • Polish: przepiórka zwyczajna — bird in the pheasant family
  • Portuguese: codorna-comum — bird in the pheasant family
  • Portuguese: codorniz comum — bird in the pheasant family
  • Russian: пе́репел (pérepel) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Russian: перепёлка (perepjólka) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Lower Sorbian: paśpula — bird in the pheasant family
  • Spanish: codorniz común — bird in the pheasant family
  • Swedish: vaktel — bird in the pheasant family
  • Turkish: bayağı bıldırcın — bird in the pheasant family
  • Turkish: bıldırcın — bird in the pheasant family
  • Ottoman Turkish: بلدرجین (bıldırcın) — bird in the pheasant family
  • Yakut: хонуу бочугураһа (qonuu bočuguraha) — bird in the pheasant family