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

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rainbow trout
a trout commonly found in Pacific-region waters and also eaten as food

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Trout comes from late Old English truht, borrowed from late Latin tructa. The Latin word was based on Greek trōktēs, meaning “gnawer,” used as the name of a fish.

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.

Topics

Animals

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# 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

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