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partridge

/ˈpɑːtɹədʒ/PAHR-truhj
/ˈpɑɹtɹədʒ/PAHR-truhj

Meaninga partridge

Common meaning: a game bird

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PARD‘explode slightly’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 201, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latinperdicemsource
  3. Frenchperdrix‘a partridge’source
  4. Middle Englishpartrichesource
  5. Englishpartridge‘a game bird’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin perdicem ‘a partridge’.

Roots

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