coturnice

coturnice

Italian

Alternative forms

  • cotornice
  • cotorno (northern)

Etymology

Latinization of older cotornice, inherited from Latin cōturnīcem; attested from the late 13th[1] or early 14th century.[2]

Noun

coturnice f (plural coturnici)

  1. rock partridge (Alectoris graeca)

References

  1. ^ http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/
  2. ^ coturnice in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Latin

Noun

cōturnīce

  1. ablative singular of cōturnīx
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