francolin

See also: francolín

English

Etymology

From French francolin, from Italian francolino, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋkəlɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

francolin (plural francolins)

Any of various terrestrial birds of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.

Usage notes

Francolins in genus Pternistis are more commonly called spurfowl.

Derived terms

Translations

partridge

Arabic: دُرَّاج m (durrāj)
Armenian:
Old Armenian: դուռէճ (duṙēč)
Assamese: তিতৌ (titou)
Catalan: francolí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鷓鴣 / 鹧鸪 (zh) (zhègū)
Czech: frankolín m
Dutch: frankolijn (nl) m
Finnish: frankoliini (fi)
French: francolin (fr) m
Greek: φραγκολίνος m (fragkolínos)
Ancient: ἀτταγᾶς m (attagâs)
Italian: francolino (it) m
Japanese: 鷓鴣 (ja) (しゃこ, shako), シャコ (ja) (shako), フランコリン (furankorin)
Korean: 자고 (ko) (jago), 프랑콜린 (peurangkollin)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پۆڕ (porr)
Navajo: naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí, Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí
Persian: دراج (fa) (dorâj), تراج (torâj)
Polish: frankolin m
Portuguese: francolim m
Russian: тура́ч (ru) m (turáč), франколи́н (ru) m (frankolín)
Spanish: francolín m
Swahili: kwale (sw)
Turkish: turaç
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

francolin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“francolin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃.kɔ.lɛ̃/
Audio: (file)

Noun

francolin m (plural francolins)

francolin

Descendants

→ Catalan: francolí
→ Dutch: frankolijn
→ English: francolin

Further reading

“francolin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
francolin on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr