francolin

See also: francolín

English

yellow-necked francolin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋkəlɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

francolin (plural francolins)

1. Any of various terrestrial partridges of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.

Usage notes

• Francolins in genus Pternistis are more commonly called spurfowl.

Derived terms

• black francolin (Francolinus francolinus)
• Burmese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus)
• Cameroon francolin (Pternistis camerunensis)
• Chinese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus)
• Clapperton's francolin (Pternistis clappertoni)
• Coqui francolin (Campocolinus coqui)
• crested francolin (Ortygornis sephaena)
• Djibouti francolin (Pternistis ochropectus)
• Erckel's francolin (Pternistis erckelii)
• Finsch's francolin (Scleroptila finschi)
• forest francolin (Peliperdix lathami)
• gray francolin, grey francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus)
• grey-winged francolin (Scleroptila afra)
• handsome francolin (Pternistis nobilis)
• Heuglin's francolin (Pternistis icterorhynchus)
• Hildebrandt's francolin (Pternistis hildebrandti)
• Jackson's francolin (Francolinus jacksoni, syn. Pternistis jacksoni)
• Latham's francolin (Peliperdix lathami)
• moorland francolin (Scleroptila psilolaema)
• Mount Cameroon francolin (Pternistis camerunensis)
• Nahan's francolin (Ptilopachus nahani)
• Natal francolin (Pternistis natalensis)
• ochre-breasted francolin (Pternistis ochropectus)
• Orange River francolin (Scleroptila gutturalis)
• painted francolin (Francolinus pictus)
• pale-bellied francolin (Pternistis ochropectus)
• red-necked francolin (Pternistis afer)
• red-winged francolin (Scleroptila levaillantii)
• ring-necked francolin (Scleroptila streptophora)
• scaly francolin (Pternistis squamatus)
• Shelley's francolin (Scleroptila shelleyi)
• swamp francolin (Ortygornis gularis)
• white-throated francolin (Campocolinus albogularis)
• yellow-necked francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus)

Translations

partridge

• Arabic: دُرَّاج m (durrāj)
• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: դուռէճ (duṙēč)

• Assamese: তিতৌ (titou)
• Catalan: francolí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鷓鴣／鹧鸪 (zh) (zhègū)

• Czech: frankolín m
• Dutch: frankolijn (nl) m
• Finnish: frankoliini (fi)
• French: francolin (fr) m
• Greek: φραγκολίνος m (fragkolínos)

  Ancient: ἀτταγᾶς m (attagâs)

• Italian: francolino (it) m
• Japanese: 鷓鴣 (ja) (しゃこ, shako), シャコ (ja) (shako), フランコリン (furankorin)
• Korean: 자고 (ko) (jago), 프랑콜린 (peurangkollin)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پۆڕ (porr)

• Navajo: naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí, Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí
• Persian: دراج (fa) (dorâj), تراج (torâj)
• Polish: frankolin m
• Portuguese: francolim m
• Russian: тура́ч (ru) m (turáč), франколи́н (ru) m (frankolín)
• Spanish: francolín m
• Swahili: kwale (sw)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

• francolin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “francolin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃.kɔ.lɛ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

francolin m (plural francolins)

1. francolin

Descendants

• → Dutch: frankolijn
• → English: francolin

Further reading

• “francolin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• francolin on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr