I prefer quail eggs.
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Quail
//kweɪl//
Synonyms for "quail" (131 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
70 entriesShowing 16 of 70 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
69 entriesShowing 16 of 69 words.
Translations
201 translations across 132 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- shkurtë noun (any of several small game birds)
- shkurtëz noun (any of several small game birds)
- trëmbem verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄρτυξ noun (any of several small game birds)
Arabic
4 entries- سمان noun (any of several small game birds)
- سمان noun (any of several small game birds)
- سَلْوَى noun (any of several small game birds)
- سُمَّان noun (any of several small game birds)
Armenian
1 entries- լոր noun (any of several small game birds)
Ashkun
1 entries- uvřë noun (any of several small game birds)
Assamese
2 entries- বঁটা noun (any of several small game birds)
- বঁটা চৰাই noun (any of several small game birds)
Asturian
2 entries- cogorniz noun (any of several small game birds)
- parpagayera noun (any of several small game birds)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bildirçin noun (any of several small game birds)
Bashkir
2 entries- бытбылдыҡ noun (any of several small game birds)
- бүҙәнә noun (any of several small game birds)
Basque
1 entries- galeper noun (any of several small game birds)
Belarusian
1 entries- перапелка noun (any of several small game birds)
Bengali
2 entries- কোয়েল noun (any of several small game birds)
- বটেরা noun (any of several small game birds)
Breton
1 entries- koailh noun (any of several small game birds)
Bulgarian
3 entries- пъдпъдък noun (any of several small game birds)
- свивам се от страх verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
- треперя verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
Burmese
1 entries- ငုံး noun (any of several small game birds)
Catalan
1 entries- guatlla noun (any of several small game birds)
Chechen
1 entries- лекъ noun (any of several small game birds)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎫᏇ noun (any of several small game birds)
Chichewa
1 entries- chinzirí noun (any of several small game birds)
Chinese
1 entries- нанчун noun (any of several small game birds)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 鵪鶉 /鹌鹑 noun (any of several small game birds)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鵪鶉 /鹌鹑 noun (any of several small game birds)
Chuvash
1 entries- путене noun (any of several small game birds)
Czech
4 entries- křepelka noun (any of several small game birds)
- polekat se verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
- zaleknout se verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
- ztratit odvahu verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
Danish
1 entries- vagtel noun (any of several small game birds)
Dutch
3 entries- kwakkel noun (any of several small game birds)
- kwartel noun (any of several small game birds)
- terugdeinzen verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
Early Assamese
1 entries- বণ্টা noun (any of several small game birds)
Eastern Cham
1 entries- ꨥꩀ noun (any of several small game birds)
Erzya
1 entries- ёр noun (any of several small game birds)
Esperanto
1 entries- koturno noun (any of several small game birds)
Estonian
1 entries- vutt noun (any of several small game birds)
Faroese
1 entries- vaktil noun (any of several small game birds)
Finnish
3 entries- amerikanviiriäinen noun (any of several small game birds)
- viiriäinen noun (any of several small game birds)
- tutista verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
French
2 entries- caille noun (any of several small game birds)
- caille des blés noun (any of several small game birds)
Friulian
1 entries- cuaie noun (any of several small game birds)
Galician
4 entries- cadorna noun (any of several small game birds)
- cantagrá noun (any of several small game birds)
- coalla noun (any of several small game birds)
- codorna noun (any of several small game birds)
Georgian
4 entries- მწყერი noun (any of several small game birds)
- შედრკომა verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
- შერხევა verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
- შეტოკება verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
German
1 entries- Wachtel noun (any of several small game birds)
Gheg Albanian
1 entries- tutem verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
Greek
2 entries- ορτύκι noun (any of several small game birds)
- δειλιάζω verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kēlū noun (any of several small game birds)
Hebrew
1 entries- שְֹלָו noun (any of several small game birds)
Hindi
2 entries- बटेर noun (any of several small game birds)
- वर्तक noun (any of several small game birds)
Hungarian
1 entries- fürj noun (any of several small game birds)
Icelandic
1 entries- kornhæna noun (any of several small game birds)
Indonesian
1 entries- puyuh noun (any of several small game birds)
Interlingua
1 entries- qualia noun (any of several small game birds)
Irish
2 entries- gearg noun (any of several small game birds)
- creathnaigh verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
Italian
1 entries- quaglia noun (any of several small game birds)
Japanese
2 entries- ヨーロッパウズラ noun (any of several small game birds)
- 鶉 noun (any of several small game birds)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- katurnis noun (any of several small game birds)
Kalmyk
1 entries- бөдн noun (any of several small game birds)
Kamkata-viri
1 entries- uřë noun (any of several small game birds)
Kapampangan
1 entries- pugu noun (any of several small game birds)
Kazakh
1 entries- бөдене noun (any of several small game birds)
Khmer
1 entries- សត្វក្រួច noun (any of several small game birds)
Korean
1 entries- 메추라기 noun (any of several small game birds)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бөдөнө noun (any of several small game birds)
Ladin
1 entries- caia noun (any of several small game birds)
Latin
1 entries- coturnix noun (any of several small game birds)
Latvian
1 entries- paipala noun (any of several small game birds)
Laz
1 entries- ოტრიკე noun (any of several small game birds)
Lithuanian
1 entries- putpelė noun (any of several small game birds)
Lombard
1 entries- quaja noun (any of several small game birds)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- paśpula noun (any of several small game birds)
Macedonian
2 entries- потполошка noun (any of several small game birds)
- препелица noun (any of several small game birds)
Malay
1 entries- puyuh noun (any of several small game birds)
Malayalam
1 entries- കാട noun (any of several small game birds)
Maltese
1 entries- summiena noun (any of several small game birds)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ჭყორი noun (any of several small game birds)
Mirandese
1 entries- paçpalhaç noun (any of several small game birds)
Mongolian
1 entries- бөднө noun (any of several small game birds)
Mudburra
1 entries- burrunjawurni noun (any of several small game birds)
Māori
4 entries- koitāreke noun (any of several small game birds)
- koreke noun (any of several small game birds)
- tāreke noun (any of several small game birds)
- whēwhī noun (any of several small game birds)
Navajo
1 entries- díłdánii noun (any of several small game birds)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- salwa noun (any of several small game birds)
Northern Ohlone
1 entries- sá̄kani noun (any of several small game birds)
Norwegian
1 entries- vaktel noun (any of several small game birds)
O'odham
1 entries- kakaicu noun (any of several small game birds)
Occitan
2 entries- calha noun (any of several small game birds)
- catla noun (any of several small game birds)
Old English
2 entries- edisċhenn noun (any of several small game birds)
- ersċhenn noun (any of several small game birds)
Ossetian
1 entries- уӕрцц noun (any of several small game birds)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بلدرجین noun (any of several small game birds)
Persian
3 entries- بلدرچین noun (any of several small game birds)
- ورتیج noun (any of several small game birds)
- وشم noun (any of several small game birds)
Polabian
1 entries- pipaną noun (any of several small game birds)
Polish
4 entries- przepiórka noun (any of several small game birds)
- przepiórka noun (meat of said bird)
- przestraszać się verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
- przestraszyć się verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
Pontic Greek
1 entries- ορτύκιν noun (any of several small game birds)
Portuguese
2 entries- codorna noun (any of several small game birds)
- codorniz noun (any of several small game birds)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਬਟੇਰਾ noun (any of several small game birds)
Romani
1 entries- dropya noun (any of several small game birds)
Romanian
1 entries- prepeliță noun (any of several small game birds)
Romansch
2 entries- quacra noun (any of several small game birds)
- quaiglia noun (any of several small game birds)
Russian
4 entries- пе́репел noun (any of several small game birds)
- бздеть verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
- дре́йфить verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
- пасова́ть verb (to shrink or waver; to become fearful or doubtful)
Sanskrit
2 entries- वर्तक noun (any of several small game birds)
- वर्तीर noun (any of several small game birds)
Sardinian
4 entries- cricchibì noun (any of several small game birds)
- cualla noun (any of several small game birds)
- guàgliulu noun (any of several small game birds)
- trepotès noun (any of several small game birds)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gearradh-gort noun (any of several small game birds)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prepelica noun (any of several small game birds)
- препелица noun (any of several small game birds)
Sicilian
1 entries- quagghia noun (any of several small game birds)
Slovak
1 entries- prepelica noun (any of several small game birds)
Slovene
1 entries- prepelica noun (any of several small game birds)
Spanish
1 entries- codorniz noun (any of several small game birds)
Svan
2 entries- შყა̈ჟუ̂ noun (any of several small game birds)
- შყეჟუ̂ noun (any of several small game birds)
Swahili
2 entries- kware noun (any of several small game birds)
- tombo noun (any of several small game birds)
Swedish
1 entries- vaktel noun (any of several small game birds)
Tagalog
3 entries- kutipaw noun (any of several small game birds)
- pugo noun (any of several small game birds)
- tiktiko noun (any of several small game birds)
Tajik
2 entries- бедона noun (any of several small game birds)
- вартиш noun (any of several small game birds)
Tamil
1 entries- காடை noun (any of several small game birds)
Taos
1 entries- hȕolóna noun (any of several small game birds)
Tarifit
1 entries- tazaršrešt noun (any of several small game birds)
Tatar
2 entries- бытбылдык noun (any of several small game birds)
- бүдәнә noun (any of several small game birds)
Telugu
1 entries- కౌజు పిట్ట noun (any of several small game birds)
Thai
1 entries- นกกระทา noun (any of several small game birds)
Turkish
1 entries- bıldırcın noun (any of several small game birds)
Turkmen
1 entries- bedene noun (any of several small game birds)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пе́репел noun (any of several small game birds)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- pocpula noun (any of several small game birds)
Uyghur
1 entries- بودۇنە noun (any of several small game birds)
Uzbek
1 entries- bedana noun (any of several small game birds)
Venetan
1 entries- cuaja noun (any of several small game birds)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cun cút noun (any of several small game birds)
- cút noun (any of several small game birds)
Vilamovian
1 entries- bukfuruk noun (any of several small game birds)
Volapük
1 entries- kotur noun (any of several small game birds)
Waigali
1 entries- uba noun (any of several small game birds)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- pugo noun (any of several small game birds)
Welsh
2 entries- sofliar noun (any of several small game birds)
- soflieir noun (any of several small game birds)
West-Frisian
1 entries- kwartel noun (any of several small game birds)
Western Apache
1 entries- hashbidí noun (any of several small game birds)
White Hmong
2 entries- noog ws noun (any of several small game birds)
- ws noun (any of several small game birds)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- born-gin noun (any of several small game birds)
Yakut
1 entries- хонуу куруппааскыта noun (any of several small game birds)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- beech' noun (any of several small game birds)
Zazaki
1 entries- karek noun (any of several small game birds)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Whereas some ascetics and Brahmins remain addicted to attending such shows as dancing, singing, music, displays, recitations, hand-music, cymbals and drums, fairy-shows, acrobatic and conjuring tricks, combats of elephants, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, cocks and quail, fighting with staves, boxing, wrestling, sham-fights, parades, manoeuvres and military reviews, the ascetic Gotama refrains from attending such displays.
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The Lark sings as it flies in the air, the Quail sitting on the ground; others, on the boughs of trees, such as: the Canary, the Chaffinch, the Goldfinch, the Siskin, the Linner, the little Titmouse, the Woodwall, the Robin Redbreast, the Hedge Sparrow and so on.
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Chicken eggs are richer in vitamin A than quail eggs.
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