perdiz

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

perdiz f (plural perdices)

1. partridge

• perdís

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perdiz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin perdīx, perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Compare Portuguese, Asturian, and Spanish perdiz.

• Hyphenation: per‧diz

perdiz f (plural perdices)

1. partridge

   Synonym: perduga

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “perdiz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “perdiz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “perdiz”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “perdiz”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “perdiz”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Inherited from Latin perdīcem, from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix).

perdiz f (plural perdizes)

1. partridge

• Galician: perdiz
• Portuguese: perdiz

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “perdiz”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “perdiz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “perdiz”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perdiz, from Latin perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Compare Galician, Asturian, and Spanish perdiz.

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
• Hyphenation: per‧diz

perdiz f (plural perdizes, masculine perdigão, masculine plural perdigões)

1. partridge (any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)

Inherited from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈdiθ/ [peɾˈð̞iθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /peɾˈdis/ [peɾˈð̞is] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: per‧diz

perdiz f (plural perdices)

1. partridge

   Synonym: codorniz

2. great tinamou (Tinamus major)

   Synonyms: francolina, gallina de monte, gran tinamú, mancolola grande, paloma sin cola, perdiz grande, perdiz real, tinamú grande, tinamú mayor, tinamú oliváceo, tinamú robusto

3. tinamou

   Synonyms: gallina de monte, tinamú

• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988), A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 450

• “perdiz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024