francolin

See also: francolín

English

Yellow-necked francolin

Etymology

From French francolin, from Italian francolino, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋkəlɪn/

Noun

francolin (plural francolins)

Any of various terrestrial partridges of the genera Francolinus, Peliperidix, and Scleroptila in tribe Gallini, and genus Pternistis in tribe Tetraogallini, all in family Phasianidae.

Related terms

black francolin

Translations

partridge

Arabic: دُرَّاج‎ m (durrāj)
Catalan: francolí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鷓鴣 (zh), 鹧鸪 (zh) (zhègū)
Czech: frankolín m
Finnish: frankoliini
French: francolin (fr) m
Greek: φραγκολίνος m (fragkolínos)

Italian: francolino (it) m
Japanese: 鷓鴣 (しゃこ, shako), シャコ (ja) (shako), フランコリン (furankorin)
Korean: 자고 (ko) (jago), 프랑콜린 (peurangkollin)
Navajo: naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí, Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí
Persian: دراج‎ (fa) (dorâj), تراج‎ (torâj)
Russian: тура́ч (ru) m (turáč), франколи́н (ru) m (frankolín)
Spanish: francolín m

Further reading

francolin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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