partridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/
enpr: pärʹtrĭj
ipa: /ˈpɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɹɪdʒ
Forms: form: partridges
form: partridge
Etymology: 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”).
Senses: examples: text: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
text: ...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 active pinions.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 80:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
glosses: The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: 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.
Derived terms: word: African partridge
word: and a partridge in a pear tree
taxonomic: Alectoris melanocephala
word: Arabian partridge
taxonomic: Bambusicola spp.
word: bamboo partridge
taxonomic: Alectoris barbara
word: Barbary partridge
taxonomic: Melanoperdix niger
word: black partridge
taxonomic: Dendrortyx barbatus
word: bearded wood partridge
taxonomic: Bonasa umbellus
word: birch partridge
word: blackheaded partridge
taxonomic: Melanoperdix niger
word: black wood-partridge
taxonomic: Ithaginis cruentus
word: blood partridge
word: Bonham's partridge
word: buff-breasted partridge
word: California partridge
word: capoeira partridge
taxonomic: Arborophila mandellii
word: chestnut-breasted partridge
taxonomic: Alectoris chukar
word: chukar partridge
taxonomic: Arborophila gingica
word: collared partridge
taxonomic: Perdix perdix
word: common partridge
taxonomic: Rollulus rouloul
word: crested partridge
taxonomic: Rollulus rouloul
word: crested wood partridge
word: crimson-headed partridge
word: Daurian partridge
alt: Tropicoperdix spp.
word: East Asian forest partridge
taxonomic: Perdix perdix
word: English partridge
word: ferruginous wood partridge
taxonomic: Alectoris rufa
word: French partridge
word: Gambel's partridge
word: gray partridge
taxonomic: Perdix perdix
word: grey partridge
word: Greek partridge
word: green-legged partridge
alt: Tropicoperdix chloropus
word: green-legged hill partridge
taxonomic: Rollulus rouloul
word: green wood partridge
word: Guiana partridge
taxonomic: Arborophila ardens
word: Hainan partridge
word: Hey's partridge
taxonomic: Arborophila torqueola
word: hill partridge
word: Himalayan partridge
word: Hodgson’s partridge
taxonomic: Perdix perdix
word: Hungarian partridge
word: long-billed partridge
word: Madagascar partridge
word: Massena partridge
word: monal-partridge
word: mountain partridge
word: Namaqua partridge
word: night partridge
taxonomic: Francolinus pictus
word: painted partridge
word: partridge berry
word: partridge-berry
word: partridgeberry
word: partridge-breast
taxonomic: Gonialoe variegata
word: partridge-breasted aloe
word: partridge breeder
word: partridge brood
taxonomic: Leucospermum truncatulum
word: partridge bush
word: partridge cane
word: partridge Cochin
word: partridge country
word: partridge dance
taxonomic: Geotrygon sp.
word: partridge dove
word: partridge drive
word: partridge-driving
word: partridge feather
word: partridge fillet
word: partridge hackle
word: partridge hawk
word: partridge-legged clover
word: partridge-like
word: partridgelike
word: partridge mew
word: partridge-mortar
word: partridge net
taxonomic: Chamaecrista fasciculata
word: partridge pea
word: partridge pie
taxonomic: Geophaps scripta
word: partridge pigeon
word: partridge plum
word: partridge poult
word: partridger
taxonomic: Tonna perdix
word: partridge shell
word: partridge shooter
word: partridge shooting
word: partridge-shot
taxonomic: Tonna perdix
word: partridge tun
taxonomic: Mitchella repens
word: partridge-vine
word: partridge wing
alt: Andira inermis; Millettia stuhlmannii; Stereum frustulosum
word: partridge-wood
word: partridging
word: Philby's partridge
taxonomic: Oreortyx pictus
word: plumed partridge
word: Przevalski's partridge
taxonomic: Arborophila rubrirostris
word: red-billed partridge
taxonomic: Rollulus rouloul
word: red-crowned wood partridge
word: red-legged partridge
taxonomic: Alectoris rufa
word: redlegged partridge
word: Rubeho forest partridge
taxonomic: Alectoris graeca
word: rock partridge
taxonomic: Arborophila rufogularis
word: rufous throated partridge
alt: Tropicoperdix graydoni
word: Sabah partridge
word: sand partridge
word: sanguine partridge
alt: Tropicoperdix chloropus
word: scaly-breasted partridge
taxonomic: Symphodus melops
word: sea partridge
taxonomic: Ammoperdix griseogularis
word: see-see partridge
taxonomic: Arborophila rufipectus
word: Sichuan partridge
taxonomic: Lerwa lerwa
word: snow partridge
word: spruce partridge
word: stone partridge
word: swamp partridge
word: Tibetan partridge
word: tree partridge
word: Udzungwa forest partridge
word: water partridge
word: white-browed partridge
taxonomic: Arborophila gingica
word: white-necklaced partridge
word: white partridge
taxonomic: Dendrortyx spp.
word: wood partridge