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caille — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • junket noun A trip, especially one paid for by an employer, government, or organisation, that mixes official business with leisure.
  • quail noun A small, plump game bird related to pheasants and partridges.
  • quark noun In particle physics, one of the fundamental building blocks that combine to form protons, neutrons, and similar particles.

Senses

caille is used for these senses in English:

  • common quail Coturnix coturnix, a bird in pheasant family.
  • junket (film) Ellipsis of press junket.
  • quail Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
  • quark A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

quail — full definition

  1. noun A small, plump game bird related to pheasants and partridges.
  2. verb To lose courage or shrink back out of fear.

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