patrijs

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paːˈtrɛi̯s/
  • patrijs:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧trijs
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

Etymology 1

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

patrijs f (plural patrijzen, diminutive patrijsje n)

  1. partridge (a bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)
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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: patrys
  • West Frisian: patriis

Etymology 2

From French patrice.

Noun

patrijs f (plural patrijzen, diminutive patrijsje n)

  1. negative of a matrix