thrush
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).
Noun[edit]
thrush (plural thrushes)
- Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281:
- I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.
- (US, colloquial) A female singer.
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Translations[edit]
one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae
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woman who sings popular songs
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Etymology 2[edit]
Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish trøske, from Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.
Noun[edit]
thrush (plural thrushes)
- A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.
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Translations[edit]
fungal infection — See also translations at candidiasis
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