codorniz

codorniz

Portuguese

codornizes

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin cōturnīcem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.doʁˈnis/ [ko.doɦˈnis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.doʁˈnis/ [ko.doɦˈnis]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.doɾˈnis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.doʁˈniʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.doɻˈnis/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.duɾˈniʃ/ [ku.ðuɾˈniʃ]

• Hyphenation: co‧dor‧niz

Noun

codorniz f (plural codornizes)

1. quail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)

Related terms

• codorna

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōturnīx, cōturnīcis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kodoɾˈniθ/ [ko.ð̞oɾˈniθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kodoɾˈnis/ [ko.ð̞oɾˈnis]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: co‧dor‧niz

Noun

codorniz f (plural codornices)

1. quail

Derived terms

• guión de codornices
• rey de codornices

 

Further reading

• “codorniz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014