perdiu

From Latin perdīx, perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəɾˈdiw/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pərˈdiw/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peɾˈdiw/

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• Rhymes: -iw

perdiu f (plural perdius)

1. One of various species of gamebirds in the Subfamily Perdicinae, especially the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) or the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa).
2. A member of a similar species in the Order Galliformes, such as the ptarmigan or the pratincole.

• perdiganya

• “perdiu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “perdiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “perdiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “perdiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From per- +‎ diū.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.di.uː/, [ˈpɛrd̪iuː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.di.u/, [ˈpɛrd̪iu]

perdiū (not comparable)

1. for very long

• “perdiu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perdiu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette