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chough

/t͡ʃʌf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
chough
IPA
/t͡ʃʌf/
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.

noun

The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.

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Etymology

From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ċeahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /t͡ʃʌf/
  • British English: /t͡ʃʌf/

Inflected Forms

choughs (plural)

Phrases

alpine chough red-billed chough white-winged chough yellow-billed chough

Synonyms

hermit-crow

Homonyms

chuff

Rhymes With

through enough enough is enough stuff fair enough tough rough cough dough buff bluff puff

Questions

How do you pronounce chough?
The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃʌf/.
What does chough mean?
Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
Where does chough come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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