trost

See also: Trost, tröst, trøst, and трость

Norwegian Bokmål

trost

Etymology

From Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *þrasduz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Compare Swedish trast, Icelandic þröstur, Faroese trøstur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trost/, [tɾɔst]

Noun

trost m (definite singular trosten, indefinite plural troster, definite plural trostene)

1. (zoology) thrush, one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae

Derived terms

• gråtrost (“fieldfare”)
• ringtrost (“ring ouzel”)
• rødvingetrost (“redwing”)
• svarttrost (“blackbird”)
• vandretrost (“robin”)

References

“trost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• trast

Etymology

From Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *þrasduz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Compare Swedish trast, Icelandic þröstur, Faroese trøstur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔst/

Noun

trost m or f (definite singular trosten or trosta, indefinite plural trostar or troster, definite plural trostane or trostene)

1. (zoology) thrush, one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae

Derived terms

• gråtrost (“fieldfare”)
• ringtrost (“ring ouzel”)
• raudvingetrost (“redwing”)
• svarttrost (“blackbird”)
• vandretrost (“robin”)

References

“trost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.