partridge

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English partrich, partriche, pertriche, perdriz, from Old French perdriz, partriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”), probably from πέρδομαι (pérdomai, “to fart”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/ (US) enPR: pärʹtrĭj, IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɹɪdʒ === Noun === partridge (plural partridges or partridge) (ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris. (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food. (obsolete, military) A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === partridge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia