thrush
/θɹʌʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
noun
A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis.
name
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Example Sentences
Etymology
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: thrusche, þrysċe, *þruskijǭ, *þruskō, þræsċe, *þrauskǭ
Usage
- American usage
- Colloquial