Phrase guide

grey partridge

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

The grey francolin, Ortygornis pondicerianus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

common European partridge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hungarian partridge, gray partridge, Perdix perdix

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: partridge

History

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: thëllënzë fushe — Perdix perdix
  • Asturian: perdiz parda — Perdix perdix
  • Asturian: pardina — Perdix perdix
  • Chechen: бецамеъ (becameʔ) — Perdix perdix
  • Czech: koroptev polní — Perdix perdix
  • Danish: agerhøne — Perdix perdix
  • Dutch: patrijs — Perdix perdix
  • Dutch: veldhoen — Perdix perdix
  • Faroese: akurhøna — Perdix perdix
  • Finnish: peltopyy — Perdix perdix
  • German: Rebhuhn — Perdix perdix
  • Greek: καμπίσια πέρδικα (kampísia pérdika) — Perdix perdix
  • Hungarian: fogoly — Perdix perdix
  • Kumyk: къакъма (qaqma) — Perdix perdix
  • Kumyk: чил (çil) — Perdix perdix
  • Central Kurdish: زِڕەکەو (zirrekew) — Perdix perdix
  • Lithuanian: kurapka — Perdix perdix
  • Persian: تیهو (tihu) — Perdix perdix
  • Middle Persian: 𐭲𐭩𐭧𐭥𐭪 (tīhōg) — Perdix perdix
  • Polish: kuropatwa — Perdix perdix
  • Polish: kuropatwa zwyczajna — Perdix perdix
  • Portuguese: perdiz-cinzenta — Perdix perdix
  • Russian: се́рая куропа́тка (séraja kuropátka) — Perdix perdix
  • Lower Sorbian: kurwota — Perdix perdix
  • Spanish: perdiz pardilla — Perdix perdix
  • Swedish: rapphöna — Perdix perdix
  • Swedish: åkerhöna — Perdix perdix
  • Turkish: çil keklik — Perdix perdix
  • Ottoman Turkish: چیل قوشی (çil kuşu) — Perdix perdix
  • Welsh: petris — Perdix perdix