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Synonyms for partridges

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

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Définition of partridges

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 :
  • You may make a similar pie of pheasants, partridges, or grouse.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Besides, bears and wolves would not come to us like these hares, and partridges, and deer.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • With it I have often killed a half-dozen of partridges from the same tree.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • He made very light of a brace of partridges and a bottle of sparkling Moselle.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • The Partridges of Louisiana are not larger than a wood-pigeon.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • At his return he took a brace of partridges and went to his mistress.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Complete » by Anthony Hamilton
  • Remove the breasts from two partridges after they have been baked or roasted.
  • Extract from : « Sandwiches » by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer
  • One could shoot them like partridges and no questions asked.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • There he starved, dreaming in a merciful torpor of partridges in the snow.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • Passing now through woods they started a covey of partridges.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
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