"caille" meaning in French

See caille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kaj/, /kɑj/ Audio: Fr-caille.ogg Forms: cailles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French quaille. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French [Term?], {{inh+|fr|frm}} Inherited from Middle French [Term?], {{inh|fr|fro|quaille}} Old French quaille Head templates: {{fr-adj}} caille (plural cailles)
  1. multicoloured, spotted Categories (lifeform): Fowls
    Sense id: en-caille-fr-adj-3qgiNr1i Disambiguation of Fowls: 31 35 12 22 Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 23 21 1 4 14 6 9 14 9 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 51 1 6 42

Noun

IPA: /kaj/, /kɑj/ Audio: Fr-caille.ogg Forms: cailles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French quaille. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French [Term?], {{inh+|fr|frm}} Inherited from Middle French [Term?], {{inh|fr|fro|quaille}} Old French quaille Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} caille f (plural cailles)
  1. quail Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Fowls Synonyms: perdrix [Louisiana] Derived forms: caille des blés, roi des cailles
    Sense id: en-caille-fr-noun-LChfkMa8 Disambiguation of Fowls: 31 35 12 22

Verb

IPA: /kaj/, /kɑj/ Audio: Fr-caille.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French quaille. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French [Term?], {{inh+|fr|frm}} Inherited from Middle French [Term?], {{inh|fr|fro|quaille}} Old French quaille Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} caille
  1. inflection of cailler:
    first/third-person singular indicative/subjunctive present
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: cailler Categories (lifeform): Fowls
    Sense id: en-caille-fr-verb-S~smBInJ Disambiguation of Fowls: 31 35 12 22
  2. inflection of cailler:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: cailler Categories (lifeform): Fowls
    Sense id: en-caille-fr-verb-KB9g3kCu Disambiguation of Fowls: 31 35 12 22 Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 23 21 1 4 14 6 9 14 9 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 51 1 6 42

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      "ipa": "/kɑj/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-caille.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/Fr-caille.ogg/Fr-caille.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Fr-caille.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caille"
}

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