kwartel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kwartel.

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Noun

kwartel (plural kwartels)

  1. quail

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch quattel, quattele, from Old Dutch *kwahtila, from Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋɑr.təl/
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  • Hyphenation: kwar‧tel
  • Rhymes: -ɑrtəl

Noun

kwartel m (plural kwartels, diminutive kwarteltje n)

  1. quail (bird of the genus Coturnix)
  2. (particularly) common quail (Coturnix coturnix)

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