codorniz

Inherited from Latin cōturnīcem

*codorniz f (plural codornizes)

1. quail

• In the singular, only attested as a surname.

• Portuguese: codorniz

• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “codorniz”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

From Old Galician-Portuguese codorniz, from Latin cōturnīcem.

• Rhymes: -is
• Hyphenation: co‧dor‧niz

codorniz f (plural codornizes)

1. quail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)

   Synonym: codorna

• “codorniz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “codorniz”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “codorniz”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “codorniz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “codorniz”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Inherited from Latin cōturnīcem.

• IPA^(key): /kodoɾˈniθ/ [ko.ð̞oɾˈniθ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kodoɾˈnis/ [ko.ð̞oɾˈnis] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -iθ (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: co‧dor‧niz

codorniz f (plural codornices)

1. quail

• “codorniz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025