kwartel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kwartel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kwartel (plural kwartels)

1. quail

Dutch

Coturnix coturnix in Nederlandsche vogelen, 1770-1829

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) quartel

Etymology

From Middle Dutch quattel, quattele, from Old Dutch *kwahtila, from Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʋɑr.təl/

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• Hyphenation: kwar‧tel
• Rhymes: -ɑrtəl

Noun

kwartel m (plural kwartels, diminutive kwarteltje n)

1. A quail, bird of the genus Coturnix
2. (particularly) The common quail, Coturnix coturnix

Synonyms

• (all senses) kwakkel

Derived terms

• vechtkwartel
• zo doof als een kwartel

Further reading

• kwartel on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl
• Coturnix on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl