kwartel

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch kwartel.

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kwartel (plural kwartels)

  1. quail

Dutch[edit]

Coturnix coturnix in Nederlandsche vogelen, 1770-1829

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Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

kwartel m (plural kwartels, diminutive kwarteltje n)

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

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