partridge
pronunciation
How to pronounce partridge in British English:
UK [ˈpɑ:trɪdʒ]
How to pronounce partridge in American English:
US [ˈpɑrtrɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- flesh of either quail or grouse
- heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
- small Old World gallinaceous game birds
- a popular North American game bird; named for its call
- valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
Word Origin
- partridge (n.)
- late 12c., from Old French pertis, alteration of perdis (perhaps influenced by fem. suffix -tris), from Latin perdicem (nominative perdix) "plover, lapwing," from Greek perdix, the Greek partridge, probably related to perdesthai "to break wind," in reference to the whirring noise of the bird's wings, from PIE imitative base *perd- "to break wind" (cognates: Sanskrit pardate "breaks wind," Lithuanian perdzu, Russian perdet, Old High German ferzan, Old Norse freta, Middle English farten).
Example
- 1. There is a dish of partridge at supper .
- 2. A beater was sent ahead to scare out the partridge .
- 3. Village voice miles partridge , xiaoxiang every enemies .
- 4. He was too busy with cricket , partridge shooting and setting up pakistan 's only specialist cancer hospital .
- 5. Actually , I don 't like the partridge family .