Meaning of Quail | Babel Free
kweɪlDefinitions
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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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
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The meat from this bird eaten as food. uncountable
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A prostitute. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
bildirçin
Беларуская
перапёлка
Català
guatlla
Cymraeg
sofliar
Dansk
vagtel
Deutsch
Wachtel
Esperanto
koturno
Español
codorniz
Eesti
vutt
Euskara
galeper
Gàidhlig
gearradh-gort
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
Română
prepeliță
Slovenčina
prepelica
Slovenščina
prepelica
Shqip
shkurte
Svenska
vaktel
Kiswahili
kware
தமிழ்
காடை
Türkçe
bıldırcın
Українська
перепел
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
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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