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Synonyms for partridge

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pahr-trij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr trɪdʒ

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Définition of partridge

Origin :
  • 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" (cf. Sanskrit pardate "breaks wind," Lithuanian perdzu, Russian perdet, Old High German ferzan, Old Norse freta, Middle English farten).
  • As in game bird : noun hunted bird
  • As in poultry : noun domesticated bird
Example sentences :
  • The partridge has ceased to run across the too-frequented path.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Partridge, as we had anticipated, lacked in such high country.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • The partridge is here represented as just taken from the spit; but before it is served up, the skewers must be withdrawn.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Before I could recover from my surprise Mr. Partridge stepped forward.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "Duck and geese, and there's plenty of partridge in the winter," explained Richard.
  • Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
  • Its flight, like that of the Partridge, is laborious and steady.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 » by Various
  • These wood-pigeons, of the size of a partridge, were plump, fine and round as quails.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
  • He painted the figure of a Satyr, and beside it, as a trifle, he inserted a partridge.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • The third day he killed a partridge, and this they had for their evening meal.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews
  • After a moment I went on again, looking again for my partridge.
  • Extract from : « Wood Folk at School » by William J. Long
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