thrush

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /θɹʌʃ/

• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Etymology 1

From a combination of Old English þrȳsce (from Proto-Germanic *þrūskjōn) and Old English *þrēasce (attested in Anglian þrǣsce; from Proto-Germanic *þrauskōn).

Noun

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. Any of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and robin have.
2. (US, colloquial) A female singer.

Translations

one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae

Armenian: կեռնեխ (hy) (keṙnex) Bosnian: drozd (bs) m. Catalan: tord (ca) m. Croatian: drȍzd (hr) m. Czech: drozd (cs) m. Dutch: lijster (nl) Esperanto: turdo (eo) Finnish: rastas (fi) French: tourd (fr) m. Georgian: შაშვი (ka) (šašvi) German: Drossel (de) f. Greek: κίχλη (el) (kíchli) f., (colloquial) τσίχλα (el) (tsíchla) f. Interlingua: turdo

Italian: tordo (it) m. Latgalian: strods m. Latin: turdus (la) m. Latvian: strazds (lv) Lithuanian: varnėnas (lt) m. Luxembourgish: Dréischel (lb) f. Macedonian: дрозд (mk) (drozd) m. Polish: drozd (pl) m. Portuguese: tordo (pt) m. (PT), sabiá (pt) (BR) Russian: дрозд (ru) (drozd) m. Scottish Gaelic: smeòrach (gd) f. Serbian: drozd, drozak Slovene: drozg (sl) m. Spanish: tordo (es) m., mirlo (es) m., zorzal (es) m.

woman who sings popular songs

Russian: певичка (ru) f.

Derived terms

• song thrush

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Swedish tørsk, Danish troske.

Noun

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.

Synonyms

• candidiasis

Derived terms

• oral thrush

Translations

fungal infection

Finnish: hiivasienitulehdus (fi) French: muguet (fr) m. (oral); mycose vaginale (fr) f. (vaginal) Portuguese: cândida

Turkish: pamukçuk (tr)

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Albanian: mullenjë f Bosnian: ustobolja f. (2) Chinese: 画眉鸟 (huameiniao) Dutch: spruw(2) Finnish: rastas German: Drossel f (1) Hungarian: rigó (1), szájpenész (2)

Japanese: つぐみ Lithuanian: strazdas m. Low Saxon: Drooßel f. Romanian: sturz m Serbian: mlečica, ustobolja (2) Volapük: turd, musigaturd

See also

• candida
• turdiform