perdiz
Portuguese, noun/peʁˈd͡ʒis/
perdiz is spelled P-E-R-D-I-Z (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perdiz is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “partridge (any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave da espécie Rhynchotus rufescens, da família dos Tinamídeos, de ampla distribuição geográfica no Brasil; é…”.
What does perdiz mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepartridge (any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave da espécie Rhynchotus rufescens, da família dos Tinamídeos, de ampla distribuição geográfica no Brasil; é terrícola, mede entre 35 e 37 cm, habita os campos sujos, cerrados e caatinga
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 perdiz
- perdizes plural
- perdigão masculine
- perdigões masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perdiz?
- Brazil /peʁˈd͡ʒis/
- Brazil [peɦˈd͡ʒis]
- /peɾˈd͡ʒis/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perdiz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perdiz in Portuguese?
perdiz appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).