quail

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From a Manx form of McPhail. Also an English nickname from the quail bird.

From Middle English quayle, quaile, quaille, from Anglo-Norman quaille, from Late Latin quaccola (“quail”). (prostitute): So called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.

From Middle English quaylen, from Middle Dutch queilen, quēlen, from Old Dutch *quelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”). Doublet of queal.

From Middle English quaylen, qwaylen, from Old French quaillier, coaillier, from Latin coāgulāre. Doublet of coagulate.

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shkurtë — any of several small game birds
• Albanian: shkurtëz — any of several small game birds
• Western Apache: hashbidí — any of several small game birds
• Arabic: سُمَّان (summān) — any of several small game birds
• Arabic: سَلْوَى (salwā) — any of several small game birds
• Arabic: سمان (semman) — any of several small game birds
• Arabic: سمان (súmman) — any of several small game birds
• Armenian: լոր (lor) — any of several small game birds
• Ashkun: uvřë — any of several small game birds
• Assamese: বঁটা (bõta) — any of several small game birds
• Assamese: বঁটা চৰাই (bõta sorai) — any of several small game birds
• Early Assamese: বণ্টা (boṇṭa) — any of several small game birds
• Asturian: cogorniz — any of several small game birds
• Asturian: parpagayera — any of several small game birds
• Azerbaijani: bildirçin — any of several small game birds
• Bashkir: бытбылдыҡ (bıtbıldıq) — any of several small game birds
• Bashkir: бүҙәнә (büźənə) — any of several small game birds
• Basque: galeper — any of several small game birds
• Belarusian: перапелка (pjerapjelka) — any of several small game birds
• Bengali: কোয়েল (kōẇel) — any of several small game birds
• Bengali: বটেরা (boṭera) — any of several small game birds
• Breton: koailh — any of several small game birds
• Bulgarian: пъдпъдък (pǎdpǎdǎk) — any of several small game birds
• Burmese: ငုံး (ngum:) — any of several small game birds
• Catalan: guatlla — any of several small game birds
• Eastern Cham: ꨥꩀ (vak) — any of several small game birds
• Chechen: лекъ (leqʼ) — any of several small game birds
• Cherokee: ᎫᏇ (guque) — any of several small game birds
• Chichewa: chinzirí — any of several small game birds
• Chinese Cantonese: 鵪鶉 /鹌鹑 (am1 ceon1) — any of several small game birds
• Chinese: нанчун (nančun) — any of several small game birds
• Chinese Mandarin: 鵪鶉 /鹌鹑 (ānchún) — any of several small game birds
• Chuvash: путене (put̬ene) — any of several small game birds
• Ngazidja Comorian: salwa — any of several small game birds
• Czech: křepelka — any of several small game birds
• Danish: vagtel — any of several small game birds
• Dutch: kwartel — any of several small game birds
• Dutch: kwakkel — any of several small game birds
• Erzya: ёр (jor) — any of several small game birds
• Esperanto: koturno — any of several small game birds
• Estonian: vutt — any of several small game birds
• Faroese: vaktil — any of several small game birds
• Finnish: viiriäinen — any of several small game birds
• Finnish: amerikanviiriäinen — any of several small game birds
• French: caille — any of several small game birds
• French: caille des blés — any of several small game birds
• West-Frisian: kwartel — any of several small game birds
• Friulian: cuaie — any of several small game birds
• Galician: paspallás — any of several small game birds
• Galician: paspallar — any of several small game birds
• Galician: codorna — any of several small game birds
• Galician: cadorna — any of several small game birds
• Galician: cantagrá — any of several small game birds
• Galician: saltagrá — any of several small game birds
• Galician: cogorniza — any of several small game birds
• Galician: coalla — any of several small game birds
• Georgian: მწყერი (mc̣q̇eri) — any of several small game birds
• German: Wachtel — any of several small game birds
• Greek: ορτύκι (ortýki) — any of several small game birds
• Ancient Greek: ὄρτυξ (órtux) — any of several small game birds
• Pontic Greek: ορτύκιν (ortýkin) — any of several small game birds
• Hawaiian: kēlū — any of several small game birds
• Hebrew: שְֹלָו (slav) — any of several small game birds
• Hindi: बटेर (baṭer) — any of several small game birds
• Hindi: वर्तक (vartak) — any of several small game birds
• White Hmong: ws — any of several small game birds
• White Hmong: noog ws — any of several small game birds
• Hungarian: fürj — any of several small game birds
• Icelandic: kornhæna — any of several small game birds
• Indonesian: puyuh — any of several small game birds
• Interlingua: qualia — any of several small game birds
• Irish: gearg — any of several small game birds
• Italian: quaglia — any of several small game birds
• Japanese: ヨーロッパウズラ (yōroppauzura) — any of several small game birds
• Japanese: 鶉 (uzura) — any of several small game birds
• Kabuverdianu: katurnis — any of several small game birds
• Kalmyk: бөдн (bödn) — any of several small game birds
• Kamkata-viri: uřë — any of several small game birds
• Kapampangan: pugu — any of several small game birds
• Kazakh: бөдене (bödene) — any of several small game birds
• Khmer: សត្វក្រួច (sɑɑt kruəc) — any of several small game birds
• Korean: 메추라기 (mechuragi) — any of several small game birds
• Central Kurdish: ھەوێردە (hewêrde) — any of several small game birds
• Kyrgyz: бөдөнө (bödönö) — any of several small game birds
• Ladin: caia — any of several small game birds
• Latin: coturnix — any of several small game birds
• Latvian: paipala — any of several small game birds
• Laz: ოტრიკე (oťriǩe) — any of several small game birds
• Lithuanian: putpelė — any of several small game birds
• Lombard: quaja — any of several small game birds
• Macedonian: потполошка (potpološka) — any of several small game birds
• Macedonian: препелица (prepelica) — any of several small game birds
• Malay: puyuh — any of several small game birds
• Malayalam: കാട (kāṭa) — any of several small game birds
• Maltese: summiena — any of several small game birds
• Māori: koreke — any of several small game birds
• Māori: tāreke — any of several small game birds
• Māori: koitāreke — any of several small game birds
• Māori: whēwhī — any of several small game birds
• Mingrelian: ჭყორი (č̣q̇ori) — any of several small game birds
• Mirandese: paçpalhaç — any of several small game birds
• Mongolian: бөднө (bödnö) — any of several small game birds
• Mudburra: burrunjawurni — any of several small game birds
• Navajo: díłdánii — any of several small game birds
• Norwegian: vaktel — any of several small game birds
• Occitan: calha — any of several small game birds
• Occitan: catla — any of several small game birds
• Northern Ohlone: sá̄kani — any of several small game birds
• Old English: ersċhenn — any of several small game birds
• Old English: edisċhenn — any of several small game birds
• O'odham: kakaicu — any of several small game birds
• Ossetian: уӕрцц (wærcc) — any of several small game birds
• Persian: بلدرچین (belderčin) — any of several small game birds
• Persian: ورتیج (vartij) — any of several small game birds
• Persian: وشم (vošm) — any of several small game birds
• Polabian: pipaną — any of several small game birds
• Polish: przepiórka — any of several small game birds
• Portuguese: codorna — any of several small game birds
• Portuguese: codorniz — any of several small game birds
• Punjabi: ਬਟੇਰਾ (baṭerā) — any of several small game birds
• Romani: dropya — any of several small game birds
• Romanian: prepeliță — any of several small game birds
• Romansh: quacra — any of several small game birds
• Romansh: quaiglia — any of several small game birds
• Russian: пе́репел (pérepel) — any of several small game birds
• Sanskrit: वर्तक (vartaka) — any of several small game birds
• Sanskrit: वर्तीर (vartīra) — any of several small game birds
• Sardinian: xrìcchibi — any of several small game birds
• Sardinian: trepotès — any of several small game birds
• Sardinian: cricchibì — any of several small game birds
• Sardinian: guàgliulu — any of several small game birds
• Sardinian: cualla — any of several small game birds
• Scottish Gaelic: gearradh-gort — any of several small game birds
• Serbo-Croatian: препелица — any of several small game birds
• Serbo-Croatian: prepelica — any of several small game birds
• Sicilian: quagghia — any of several small game birds
• Slovak: prepelica — any of several small game birds
• Slovene: prepelica — any of several small game birds
• Lower Sorbian: paśpula — any of several small game birds
• Upper Sorbian: pocpula — any of several small game birds
• Spanish: codorniz — any of several small game birds
• Svan: შყა̈ჟუ̂ (šq̇äžû) — any of several small game birds
• Svan: შყეჟუ̂ (šq̇ežû) — any of several small game birds
• Swahili: tombo — any of several small game birds
• Swahili: kware — any of several small game birds
• Swedish: vaktel — any of several small game birds
• Tagalog: pugo — any of several small game birds
• Tagalog: kutipaw — any of several small game birds
• Tagalog: tiktiko — any of several small game birds
• Tajik: бедона (bedona) — any of several small game birds
• Tajik: вартиш (vartiš) — any of several small game birds
• Tamil: காடை (kāṭai) — any of several small game birds
• Taos: hȕolóna — any of several small game birds
• Tarifit: tazaršrešt — any of several small game birds
• Tatar: бытбылдык (bıtbıldıq) — any of several small game birds
• Tatar: бүдәнә (büdänä) — any of several small game birds
• Telugu: కౌజు పిట్ట (kauju piṭṭa) — any of several small game birds
• Thai: นกกระทา (grà-taa) — any of several small game birds
• Turkish: bıldırcın — any of several small game birds
• Ottoman Turkish: بلدرجین (bıldırcın) — any of several small game birds
• Turkmen: bedene — any of several small game birds
• Ukrainian: пе́репел (pérepel) — any of several small game birds
• Uyghur: بودۇنە (bodune) — any of several small game birds
• Uzbek: bedana — any of several small game birds
• Venetan: cuaja — any of several small game birds
• Vietnamese: cút — any of several small game birds
• Vietnamese: cun cút — any of several small game birds
• Vilamovian: bukfuruk — any of several small game birds
• Volapük: kotur — any of several small game birds
• Waigali: uba — any of several small game birds
• Waray-Waray: pugo — any of several small game birds
• Welsh: sofliar — any of several small game birds
• Woiwurrung: born-gin — any of several small game birds
• Woiwurrung: kurra-ket — any of several small game birds
• Woiwurrung: tre-bin — any of several small game birds
• Yakut: хонуу куруппааскыта (qonuu kuruppaaskïta) — any of several small game birds
• Yucatec Maya: beech' — any of several small game birds
• Zazaki: karek — any of several small game birds
• Polish: przepiórka — meat of said bird
• Turkish: bıldırcın eti — meat of said bird
• Albanian: trëmbem — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Gheg Albanian: tutem — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Bulgarian: треперя (treperja) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Bulgarian: свивам се от страх (svivam se ot strah) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Czech: zaleknout se — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Czech: ztratit odvahu — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Czech: polekat se — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Dutch: terugdeinzen — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Finnish: tutista — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Georgian: შედრკომა (šedrḳoma) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Georgian: შეშინება (šešineba) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Georgian: შერხევა (šerxeva) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Georgian: შეტოკება (šeṭoḳeba) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Greek: δειλιάζω (deiliázo) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Irish: creathnaigh — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Māori: tungehe — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Māori: tārure — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Polish: przestraszać się — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Polish: przestraszyć się — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Russian: пасова́ть (pasovátʹ) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Russian: робе́ть (robétʹ) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Russian: тру́сить (trúsitʹ) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Russian: дре́йфить (dréjfitʹ) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful
• Russian: бздеть (bzdetʹ) — to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful