Meanings
nounfrancolin (plural francolins)
plural francolins
- Any of various terrestrial birds of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.
Origin
- Italianfrancolino
- Frenchfrancolin
- Englishfrancolin
From French francolin, from Italian francolino, of unknown origin.
More words from French, Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀτταγᾶς
- ἀτταγᾶς (attagâs)partridge
Arabic دُرَّاج
- دُرَّاج (durrāj)partridge
Catalan francolí
- francolípartridge
Chinese Mandarin 鷓鴣 /鹧鸪
- 鷓鴣 /鹧鸪 (zhègū)partridge
Czech frankolín
- frankolínpartridge
Dutch frankolijn
- frankolijnpartridge
Finnish frankoliini
- frankoliinipartridge
French francolin
- francolinpartridge
Greek φραγκολίνος
- φραγκολίνος (fragkolínos)partridge
Italian francolino
- francolinopartridge
Japanese 鷓鴣, シャコ
- 鷓鴣 (shako)partridge
- シャコ (shako)partridge
- フランコリン (furankorin)partridge
Korean 자고, 프랑콜린
- 자고 (jago)partridge
- 프랑콜린 (peurangkollin)partridge
Persian دراج, تراج
- دراج (dorâj)partridge
- تراج (torâj)partridge
Polish frankolin
- frankolinpartridge
Portuguese francolim
- francolimpartridge
Russian тура́ч, франколи́н
- тура́ч (turáč)partridge
- франколи́н (frankolín)partridge
Spanish francolín
- francolínpartridge
Swahili kwale
- kwalepartridge
Turkish turaç
- turaçpartridge
Cite this entry
APA
francolin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/francolin
MLA
“francolin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/francolin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “francolin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/francolin.
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