codorniz
Portuguese, noun/ko.doʁˈnis/
codorniz is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “quail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave da família dos Fasianídeos”.
What does codorniz mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave da família dos Fasianídeos 2. ave mais pequena que a perdiz muito apreciada como caça
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 codorniz
- codornizes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce codorniz?
- Brazil /ko.doʁˈnis/
- Brazil [ko.doɦˈnis]
- /ko.doɾˈnis/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to codorniz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is codorniz in Portuguese?
codorniz appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).