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- [trout]
- /traʊt/
- /traʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [trout]
- /traʊt/
Definitions of trout word
- noun plural trout any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon. Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout. 1
- noun plural trout any of various game fishes of the salmon family of the genus Salvelinus. Compare brook trout (def 1), char2 , Dolly Varden (def 4), lake trout. 1
- noun plural trout any of several unrelated fishes, as a bass, Micropterus salmoides, a drum of the genus Cynoscion, or a greenling of the genus Hexagrammos. 1
- variable noun trout A trout is a fairly large fish that lives in rivers and streams. 0
- variable noun trout Trout is this fish eaten as food. 0
- noun trout any of various game fishes, esp Salmo trutta and related species, mostly of fresh water in northern regions: family Salmonidae (salmon). They resemble salmon but are smaller and spotted 0
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Origin of trout
First appearance:
before 1050 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Middle English trou(h)te, Old English truht < Latin tructa < Greek trṓktēs gnawer, a sea fish, equivalent to trṓg(ein) to gnaw + -tēs agent noun suffix
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Parts of speech for Trout
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
trout popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
trout usage trend in Literature
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