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partridge

name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: pärʹtrĭj
  • US: /ˈpɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tɹɪdʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R T R AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P AA1 R T R IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A minor city in Reno County, Kansas, United States, named after the bird.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology

Examples

  • On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grouse

7

noun

Meaning 7

a popular North American game bird; named for its call

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bobwhite, bobwhite quail

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quail

Narrower terms: northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus

8

noun

Meaning 8

small Old World gallinaceous game birds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: phasianid

Narrower terms: Hungarian partridge, grey partridge, gray partridge, Perdix perdix, red-legged partridge, Alectoris ruffa, Greek partridge, rock partridge, Alectoris graeca, mountain quail, mountain partridge, Oreortyx picta palmeri

9

noun

Meaning 9

heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tinamou

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: game bird

10

noun

Meaning 10

flesh of either quail or grouse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wildfowl

History

Etymology

From 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”).

Across languages

Translations

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: thëllëzë — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Southern Altai: торлоо (torloo) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Arabic: حَجَل (ḥajal) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Arabic: قبج (qabj) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Arabic: حْجل (ḥjəl) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Aragonese: perdiz — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Armenian: կաքավ (kakʻav) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Aromanian: piturniclji — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Aromanian: pitruniclji — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Aromanian: pirdic — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Aromanian: pirdicã — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Assamese: তিতৰ (titor) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Assamese: তিতৌ (titou) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Asturian: perdiz — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Asturian: pámpana — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Azerbaijani: kəklik — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Bakhtiari: کوگ — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Bangi: ekwale — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Basque: eper — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Belarusian: курапатка (kurapatka) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Breton: klujar c’hris — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Breton: klujar — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Bulgarian: яребица (jarebica) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Bulgarian: кеклик (keklik) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Catalan: perdiu — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Chamicuro: s̈honoto — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Cherokee: ᎫᏇ (guque) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山鶉 /山鹑 (shānchún) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石雞 /石鸡 (shíjī) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Chukchi: рэвымрэв — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Cornish: grugyerik — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Montagnais: pineu — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Czech: koroptev — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Czech: orebice — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Dalmatian: pernaica — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Danish: agerhøne — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Dutch: patrijs — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Esperanto: perdriko — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Estonian: nurmkana — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Estonian: põldpüü — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Estonian: püü — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Evenki: хе̄лакӣ (hēlakī) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Faroese: akurhøna — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Finnish: peltopyy — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Finnish: punapyy — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • French: perdrix — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • French: garbon — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • French: perdreau — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • West-Frisian: patriis — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Friulian: pernîs — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Galician: perdiz — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Galician: perdigoto — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Georgian: კაკაბი (ḳaḳabi) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • German: Rebhuhn — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Greek: πέρδικα (pérdika) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ancient Greek: πέρδιξ (pérdix) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Gurani: ژەرەژی (žaražī) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Gutnish: akerhyns — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Haitian Creole: pèdri — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Hebrew: חוגלה \ חָגְלָה (khoglá) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Hindi: तीतर (tītar) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Hungarian: fogoly — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Icelandic: akurhæna — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ido: perdriko — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ingrian: kuropatka — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Irish: patraisc — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Italian: pernice — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Itelmen: рэвнэ (revne) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Japanese: 山鶉 (yamauzura) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Japanese: ヤマウズラ (yamauzura) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Kalmyk: йотун (yotun) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ket: ассуп — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Kikuyu: ngware — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Central Kurdish: کەو (kew) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Laki: کەوگ (kewg) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Laki: ژِرەژ (jirej) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Northern Kurdish: kew — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Southern Kurdish: کەوک (kewk) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ladin: gialina da mont — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Latin: perdīx — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Latvian: laukirbe — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Latvian: irbe — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Lingala: ekwale — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Lithuanian: kurapka — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Livonian: pīki — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Livonian: nurmpīki — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Livonian: nurmkanā — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Low German: Rapphohn — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Luba-Kasai: nkwadi — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Luba-Katanga: nkwadi — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Luxembourgish: Feldhong — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Macedonian: ере́бица (erébica) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Maltese: ħaġla — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Manx: patrag — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Mazanderani: کوک (kok) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Mongolian: ятуу (jatuu) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Nanticoke: kittycawn dipqua — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Navajo: naaʼahóóhaiłbáhí — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Nivkh: пағи (paγi) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Nivkh: тлеурӈа (tleurŋa) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Norman: pèrdrix — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rapphøne — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rapphøne — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Occitan: perditz — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ojibwe: bine — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Old Prussian: laukagerta — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Pali: tittira — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Persian: کبک (kabk) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Persian: زرچ (zareč) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Persian: دج (daj) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Polish: kuropatwa — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Portuguese: perdiz — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Punjabi: ਤਿੱਤਰ (tittar) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Quechua: yutu — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Quechua: chakwa — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Romagnol: parniz — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Romagnol: sterna — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Romani: divlio-kaini — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Romanian: potârniche — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Romansh: pernisch — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Romansh: pernisch grischa — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Russian: куропа́тка (kuropátka) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Northern Sami: bealdobakku — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Sanskrit: किकिदीवि (kikidīvi) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Sanskrit: तित्तिर (tittira) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Sardinian: perdixi cixinali — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Sardinian: perdighe d’abba — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Scanian: agerhøna — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Scanian: agerhøns — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Scottish Gaelic: peurtag — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Serbo-Croatian: јаребица — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Serbo-Croatian: сквржуља — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Serbo-Croatian: jarebica — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Serbo-Croatian: skvržulja — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Slovak: jarabica — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Slovene: jerebica — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Lower Sorbian: kurwota — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Lower Sorbian: kurwotka — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Upper Sorbian: kurotwa — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Upper Sorbian: kurwota — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Spanish: perdiz — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Swahili: kwale — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Swedish: rapphöna — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Tamil: கௌதாரி (kautāri) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Tashelhit: ⵜⴰⵙⴽⴽⵓⵔⵜ (taskkurt) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Tashelhit: ⴰⵡⵉⵔⵊ (awirj) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Tatar: кыр тавыгы (qır tawığı) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Telugu: కవుజు కౌజు (kavuju) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Turkish: keklik — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ottoman Turkish: ككلیك (keklik) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ukrainian: куріпка (kuripka) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ukrainian: куріпка сіра (kuripka sira) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Vilamovian: raubhün — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Volapük: pädrit — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Volapük: felit — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Walloon: pietris — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Welsh: petris — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Northern Yukaghir: лабунмэ (labunme) — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Zazaki: zerec — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Zazaki: sherec — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Zazaki: zaranc — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Zhuang: roegfek — any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
  • Ojibwe: binewi-wiiyaas — the meat of these birds
  • Polish: kuropatwa — the meat of these birds
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