quailEnglish → FrenchOxford English–Frenchquail /BrE kweɪl , AmE kweɪl / A noun pl quails or collect quail (bird) caille f quail's eggs œufs de cailleB intransitive verb fléchir he quailed before her/at the thought of all that work il a fléchi devant elle/à la pensée de tout ce travail