trout B1 Topic:Animals US /traʊt/ UK /tɹaʊt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a common freshwater fish with a speckled body, prized as a game fish The angler caught a large trout in the mountain stream. 2 noun any of various species within the salmon family, including brown trout and rainbow trout The river is home to several species of trout. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a common freshwater fish... rainbow troutbrown troutbrook troutsteelhead 2 noun · any of various species... salmonidgame fishbrook troutcutthroat trout Common collocations rainbow trout Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Old English trūht/trūta, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trūtaz; via Middle English troute to Modern English trout, a freshwater fish of the salmon family. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # trout **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /traʊt/ **IPA (UK):** /tɹaʊt/ ## Meanings 1. a common freshwater fish with a speckled body, prized as a game fish 2. any of various species within the salmon family, including brown trout and rainbow trout ## Examples - The angler caught a large trout in the mountain stream. - The river is home to several species of trout. ## Synonyms - rainbow trout - brown trout - brook trout - steelhead - salmonid - game fish - cutthroat trout ## Etymology From Old English trūht/trūta, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trūtaz; via Middle English troute to Modern English trout, a freshwater fish of the salmon family. ## AI Etymology Trout comes from Old English trūht/trūta, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trūtaz; via Middle English troute to Modern English trout, a freshwater fish of the salmon family. In current use it is a noun meaning "a common freshwater fish with a speckled body, prized as a game fish". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense. ## Topics - Animals markdown