patrijs

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paːˈtrɛi̯s/
  • patrijs(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧trijs
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch patrise, from older partrise, from Old French pertriz, variant of perdriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Forms retaining the first r existed into the 17th century.

Noun

patrijs f (plural patrijzen, diminutive patrijsje n)

  1. partridge (a bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • patrijshond
Descendants

Etymology 2

From French patrice.

Noun

patrijs f (plural patrijzen, diminutive patrijsje n)

  1. negative of a matrix
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