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Meaning of Quail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
kweɪl

Definitions

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The meat from this bird eaten as food.
    uncountable
  4. A prostitute.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca bildirçin
Беларуская перапёлка
Български пъдпъдъ́к треперя
Català guatlla
Cymraeg sofliar
Dansk vagtel
Deutsch Wachtel
Ελληνικά δειλιάζω ορτύκι
Esperanto koturno
Español codorniz
Eesti vutt
Euskara galeper
فارسی بلدرچین وشم
Gaeilge creathnaigh gearg
Gàidhlig gearradh-gort
עברית שלו שליו
हिन्दी बटेर
Magyar fürj
Հայերեն լոր
Bahasa Indonesia puyuh
Íslenska kornhæna
Italiano quaglia
ქართული მწყერი
Қазақша бөдене
Kurdî çut
Latina coturnix
Latviešu paipala
മലയാളം കാട
Монгол бөднө
Bahasa Melayu puyuh
Malti summiena
မြန်မာဘာသာ ငု
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬਟੇਰਾ
Português codorna codorniz
Română prepeliță
Slovenčina prepelica
Slovenščina prepelica
Shqip shkurte
Svenska vaktel
Kiswahili kware
தமிழ் காடை
Тоҷикӣ бедона вартиш
Tagalog kutipaw pugo tiktiko
Türkçe bıldırcın
Українська перепел
Tiếng Việt chim cút cun cút cút

Examples

“Quail require little water, so there is no point to putting in a guzzler if there is any permanent water within travel range.”
“Her's Agamemnon, an honeſt fellow inough and one that loues quailes, but hee has not ſo much braine as eare-wax, […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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