partridge
/ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈpɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/
partridge noun: any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
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Noun
partridge (plural partridges or partridge)
- Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
- On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
- ...and the loudest sound in the lonely fields was when, adventuring too near some late brood, the partridge sought to deceive by a plaintive cry and seeming helplessness, crossing before your very feet, till, when drawn to a sufficient distance, suddenly the air vibrated to the flutter of her...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 80
- The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- 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.
Proper noun capitalized: Partridge
Partridge
- A surname.
- Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- A minor city in Reno County, Kansas, United States, named after the bird.
partridge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
partridge in Hindi
- any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
- तीतर tītar
partridge in Tamil
- any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
- கௌதாரி kautāri
partridge in Urdu
- چکور, کبک
partridge in Bengali
- partridge
- চকোর cokōr
More languagesFewer languages
- partridge in Telugu
- కవుజు కౌజు kavuju
- partridge in Malayalam
- പാർട്രിഡ്ജ്, പാർട്രെഡ്ജ്
- partridge in Kannada
- ಕವುಜಗ, ತಿತ್ತಿರಿ, ಗೌಜುಗ, ಬೇಟೆ ಹಕ್ಕಿ
- partridge in Punjabi
- ਤਿੱਤਰ tittar
- partridge in Gujarati
- તીતર tītar
- partridge in Sanskrit
- किकिदीवि kikidīvi, तित्तिर tittira
- partridge in Assamese
- তিতৰ titor, তিতৌ titou
- partridge in Arabic
- حَجَل ḥajal, قبج qabj
- partridge in Persian
- کبک kabk, زرچ zareč, دج daj
Examples of partridge in a sentence
- The grouse, partridge and quail are tetraonids.
- Partridges, enjoying their last weeks of security, rose whirring and clattering from among the ling.
- To make matters worse, I kept finding hen partridges and their nests in the woods.
Forms of partridge
| plural | partridges |
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| plural | partridge |
Origin of partridge
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”).
Words formed from partridge
- African partridge
- and a partridge in a pear tree
- Arabian partridge
- bamboo partridge
- Barbary partridge
- black partridge
- bearded wood partridge
- birch partridge
- blackheaded partridge
- black wood-partridge
- blood partridge
- Bonham's partridge
- buff-breasted partridge
- California partridge
- capoeira partridge
- chestnut-breasted partridge
- chukar partridge
- collared partridge
- common partridge
- crested partridge
- crested wood partridge
- crimson-headed partridge
- Daurian partridge
- East Asian forest partridge
- English partridge
- ferruginous wood partridge
- French partridge
- Gambel's partridge
- gray partridge
- grey partridge
- Greek partridge
- green-legged partridge
- green-legged hill partridge
- green wood partridge
- Guiana partridge
- Hainan partridge
- Hey's partridge
- hill partridge
- Himalayan partridge
- Hodgson’s partridge
- Hungarian partridge
- long-billed partridge
- Madagascar partridge
- Massena partridge
- monal-partridge
- mountain partridge
- Namaqua partridge
- night partridge
- painted partridge
- partridge berry
- partridge-berry
- partridgeberry
- partridge-breast
- partridge-breasted aloe
- partridge breeder
- partridge brood
- partridge bush
- partridge cane
- partridge Cochin
- partridge country
Phrases with partridge
- partridge pea
- sea partridge
- partridge peas
- partridge plum
- rock partridge
- sand partridge
- snow partridge
- partridge plums
- swamp partridge
- plumed partridge
- partridge berries
- see-see partridge
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Words that rhyme with partridge
Questions about partridge
- What does partridge mean?
- Partridge means any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
- What is partridge in Hindi?
- Partridge in Hindi is तीतर (tītar). See Partridge meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is partridge?
- Partridge can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce partridge?
- Partridge is pronounced /ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of partridge?
- The plural of partridge is partridges.
Words near partridge in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: partridge (page history and authors); Partridge (page history and authors); partridge (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চকোর (Bengali) (page history and authors); partridge (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); partridge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); તીતર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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