patrijs
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch patrise, from older partrise, from Old French pertriz, variant of perdriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Forms retaining the first r existed into the 17th century.
Noun edit
patrijs f (plural patrijzen, diminutive patrijsje n)
- A partridge, any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris
- (particularly) The grey partridge, Perdix perdix
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- patrijsgat (possibly)
- patrijshond
- patrijspoort (possibly)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- patrijs (vogel) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
patrijs f (plural patrijzen, diminutive patrijsje n)
- negative of a matrix
Further reading edit
- patrijs (druktechniek) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl