perdiu

From Latin perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pərˈdiw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾˈðiw]

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• Rhymes: -iw

perdiu f (plural perdius)

1. one of various species of gamebirds in the Subfamily Perdicinae, especially the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) or the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)
2. a member of a similar species in the Order Galliformes, such as the ptarmigan or the pratincole

• perdiganya

• “perdiu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “perdiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “perdiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “perdiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From per- +‎ diū.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.di.uː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.d̪i.u]

perdiū (not comparable)

1. for very long

• “perdiu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perdiu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.