partridge

C2 Topic:Family & Relationships

Also spelled patridges

US /ˈpɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/ UK /ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #15024

Meanings

1

noun
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.
2

noun
valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
3

noun
a popular North American game bird
4

noun
small Old World gallinaceous game birds

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Synonyms

2 noun · valued as a game bird in... ruffed grouse

3 noun · a popular north american... bobwhitebobwhite quail

Word family

Derived forms monal-partridgepartridge-berrypartridge-breastpartridge-drivingpartridge-likepartridge-mortarpartridge-shotpartridge-vinepartridge-woodpartridgeanpartridgeberrypartridgelike

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”).

Topics

Family & Relationships

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# partridge

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 15024

## Meanings
1. Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
2. valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
3. a popular North American game bird
4. small Old World gallinaceous game birds

## Examples
- On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.

## Derived Forms
- monal-partridge
- partridge-berry
- partridge-breast
- partridge-driving
- partridge-like
- partridge-mortar
- partridge-shot
- partridge-vine
- partridge-wood
- partridgean
- partridgeberry
- partridgelike

## 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”).

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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