trout en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /tɹaʊt/
- (US) audio
- /tɹʌʊt/ (Canada)
Etymology
From Middle English troute, troughte, trught, trouȝt, trouhte, partly from Old English truht (“trout”), and partly from Old French truite; both from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs, “nibbler”), from τρώγω (trṓgō, “to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to turn”). The Internet verb sense originated on BBSes of the 1980s, probably from Monty Python's The Fish-Slapping Dance (1972), though that sketch involved a halibut.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you.
2008, Christopher Paolini, “To Walk the Land Alone”, in Brisingr, page 73:“This morning,” he said, “We will fish, Turner. We will cast for trout so that we may catch grayling.”
1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:Roman matrons, sexually exhausted, were fond of trout caught in a little stream in the Vosges Mountains.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 237:Many anglers consider trout to be the archetypical quarry.
Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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(UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable) An objectionable elderly woman.
But French observers were perplexed not just by the Benny Hill-style frenzy, but by the ensuing British tabloid handwringing about how unfair it was that the UK's women ministers were such a load of ugly trouts compared to Sarkozy's sexy French ladies.
2009 March 28, Angelique Chrisafis, “The mystery of the bikini-clad minister”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Look, you silly old trout, you can't keep bringing home cats! You can't afford the ones you have!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trouts | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| trout | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
salmon and trout · Gila trout · Kamloops rainbow trout · salmon trout · trouty · Biwa trout · trout lily · lake trout · brook trout · trout pout · troutful · Sunapee trout · trout-perch · bull trout · speckled trout · rainbow trout · troutlet · fur-bearing trout · troutling · troutless · Trout River · trout slap · antitrout · coral trout · Beardslee trout · silver trout · sea trout · trouter · troutlike · cutthroat trout · trout-slap · Troutbeck · mackinaw trout · Quebec red trout · Sevan trout · cypress trout · brown trout · Dolly Varden trout · Trout Lake · Kamloops trout · Dublin trout · trout cod
Descendants
Translations (113)
bg пъстърва (fish) · dsb forela (fish) · se dápmot (fish) · mnc ᠵᡝᠯᡠ (fish) · cmn 尊魚 /尊鱼 (fish) · az alabalıq (fish) · ko 송어 (fish) · lv forele (fish) · sc grori (fish) · ka კალმახი (fish) · sga brecc (fish) · lb Frell (fish) · nds-de forell (fish) · sh пастрва (fish) · tt багры (fish) · fi taimen (fish) · da ørred (fish) · es trucha (fish) · sc tzurra (fish) · az qızılala (fish) · lij trûta (fish) · nrf truite (fish) · is silungur (fish) · yue 鱒魚 /鳟鱼 (fish) · ro păstrăv (fish) · eu amuarrain (fish) · ast trucha (fish) · sh пастрмка (fish) · cs pstruh (fish) · mic atoqwa'su (fish) · oc trocha (fish) · tt керкә (fish) · vec truta (fish) · tt форель (fish) · sh pastrmka (fish) · ca truita (fish) · os фалер (fish) · br dluzh (fish) · kk бақтақ (fish) · io truto (fish) · co trùita (fish) · nuk t̕aatwin (fish) · nn aure (fish) · vi cá hồi (fish) · uk форе́ль (fish) · ia tructa (fish) · alt форель (fish) · cho sakli (fish) · de Forelle (fish) · it trota (fish) · ota آلا بالق (fish) · fr truite (fish) · ja マス (fish) · scn trota (fish) · fa قزلآلا (fish) · se guovžur (fish) · be фарэ́ль (fish) · sv öring (fish) · alt чараган (fish) · sh pastrva (fish) · sq troftë (fish) · rm litgiva (fish) · fo eyriði (fish) · mi taraute (fish) · kl eqaluk (fish) · eo truto (fish) · cmn 鱒魚 /鳟鱼 (fish) · mi tarauta (fish) · ar أُطْرُوط (fish) · kla meYas (fish) · gl troita (fish) · crg trwit (fish) · hu pisztráng (fish) · ang forn (fish) · la tructa (fish) · dsb pstruga (fish) · el πέστροφα (fish) · sk pstruh (fish) · ja 鱒 (fish) · scn trotta (fish) · ar تَرُوتَة (fish) · oc troita (fish) · wa trûte (fish) · et forell (fish) · ga breac (fish) · uz gulmohi (fish) · be стро́нга (fish) · nl forel (fish) · gv brack (fish) · tr alabalık (fish) · sc seju (fish) · hi सामन (fish) · sl postrv (fish) · ab акалмаҳа (fish) · pt truta (fish) · hy կարմրախայտ (fish) · fy forel (fish) · gv breck (fish) · hsb pstruha (fish) · oj namegos (fish) · fur trute (fish) · mk пастрмка (fish) · nb ørret (fish) · tr yayla balığı (fish) · gd breac (fish) · ru форе́ль (fish) · nb aure (fish) · kw truth (fish) · cy brithyll (fish) · sv forell (fish) · hy իշխան (fish) · lt upėtakis (fish) · pl pstrąg (fish)