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quail

/kˈweɪl/KWAYL
/kˈweɪl/KWAYL

Meaningquail

Common meaning: small ground-dwelling game bird

Journey through time

  1. Middle Dutchguackel‘quail’source
  2. Late Latinguaquila‘quail’source
  3. Old Frenchquaille‘quail’source
  4. Englishquail‘small ground-dwelling 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 Middle Dutch guackel ‘quail’.

Roots

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