codorna
Portuguese, noun/koˈdɔʁ.nɐ/
codorna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “quail (any of several small species of game bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum às aves do gênero Coturnix, da família dos fasianídeos, domesticadas para a produção de ovos e…”.
What does codorna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequail (any of several small species of game bird)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum às aves do gênero Coturnix, da família dos fasianídeos, domesticadas para a produção de ovos e carne 2. nome comum às aves do gênero Nothura, da família dos tinamídeos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of codorna
- codornas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce codorna?
- Brazil /koˈdɔʁ.nɐ/
- Brazil [koˈdɔɦ.nɐ]
- /koˈdɔɾ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to codorna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is codorna in Portuguese?
codorna appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).