thrush

See also: Thrush

English
a Song Thrush

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θɹʌʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Etymology 1

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”).

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 American Robin have.
  2. (US, colloquial) A female singer.
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Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish trøske, from Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

Noun

thrush (plural thrushes)

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