A trout is a fairly large fish that lives in rivers and streams.
Trout is this fish eaten as food.
trout in British English
(traʊt)
nounWord forms: pluraltrout or trouts
1.
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
2.
any of various similar or related fishes, such as a sea trout
3. Australian
any of various fishes of the Salmo or Oncorhynchus genera smaller than the salmon, esp European and American varieties naturalized in Australia
4. British informal, derogatory
an irritating or grumpy person, esp a woman
Word origin
Old English trūht, from Late Latin tructa, from Greek trōktēs sharp-toothed fish
trout in American English
(traʊt)
nounWord forms: pluraltrout or trouts
1.
any salmonid; esp., any of various food and game fishes that are usually speckled and found chiefly in fresh water, as the brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, and lake trout
2.
any of several other troutlike fishes
Word origin
ME troute < OE truht < LL tructus, tructa < Gr trōktēs, kind of fish < trōgein, to gnaw: see troglodyte
You might think that fly fishermen engaged in a struggle of wits with the wily brown trout would welcome anything that could give them the upper hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He warned that sea trout'are about to spawn and their eggs are yummy for rainbow trout '.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Living largely off tinned vegetables and any sea trout they could catch, the team dived down to the seabed and squeezed airbags beneath the Maud.
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The brown trout was hanging on the rushing current.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And now behold what this pious old trout hath wrought.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Not the merest hint of a trout pout.
The Sun (2011)
There is no evidence of the condition in wild trout or farmed salmon or trout.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But they go really well in a smoked trout salad.
The Sun (2013)
The brown trout was going about his business.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Is it the trout pout that makes her so monotone?
The Sun (2009)
Her parents were marine biologists who ran a salmon and trout farm.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Do mine lips not bear the pout of a trout?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In summer wildflowers dusted the meadows and we fished for trout in the little streams and the pond.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
Real smoke wafted the sea trout.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There might be game, sea trout or a barley risotto on the menu.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Yes, the ludicrous old trout is still around.
The Sun (2013)
They meant sea trout, sea trout.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Then add the spring onions, chives and smoked trout.
The Sun (2012)
I suddenly felt like an exotic fish in a trout farm.
John Walsh ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies (2004)
You can use small fish other than herring to make the rolls or larger fish such as perch, bass and trout.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A similar product for sea trout is next on the company's list.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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In other languages
trout
British English: trout /traʊt/ NOUN
A trout is a kind of fish that lives in rivers and streams.
American English: trout
Arabic: سَلْمُونٌ مُرَقَّط
Brazilian Portuguese: truta
Chinese: 鳟鱼
Croatian: pastrva
Czech: pstruh
Danish: ørred
Dutch: forel
European Spanish: trucha
Finnish: taimen
French: truite
German: Forelle
Greek: πέστροφα
Italian: trota
Japanese: マス 魚
Korean: 송어
Norwegian: ørret
Polish: pstrąg
European Portuguese: truta
Romanian: păstrăv
Russian: форель
Latin American Spanish: trucha
Swedish: forell
Thai: ปลาจำพวกหนึ่งมีลักษณะคล้ายปลาแซลมอน
Turkish: alabalık
Ukrainian: форель
Vietnamese: cá hồi
All related terms of 'trout'
sea trout
a silvery marine variety of the brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawn
trout rod
a fishing rod that is used for catching trout
brook trout
a North American freshwater trout , Salvelinus fontinalis , introduced in Europe and valued as a food and game fish
brown trout
a common brownish variety of the trout Salmo trutta that occurs in the rivers of N Europe and has been successfully introduced in North America
bull trout
any large trout , esp the salmon trout
coral trout
an Australian fish, Plectropomus maculatus , of the Great Barrier Reef which is an important food fish
lake trout
a yellow-spotted char , Salvelinus namaycush , of the Great Lakes region of Canada and the US
trout farm
a lake or other enclosed area of water where trout are bred for food
trout lily
→ dogtooth violet
trout-perch
any of a family (Percopsidae) of North American freshwater bony fishes having spiny and fleshy fins , esp., a species ( Percopsis omiscomaycus ) of Canada and the E U.S.
rainbow trout
a freshwater trout of North American origin , Salmo gairdneri , having a body marked with many black spots and two longitudinal red stripes
salmon trout
any of various large trout , esp the sea trout
trout fishing
the action or pastime of fishing for trout
trout stream
a stream in which trout live and which is a good source for catching trout
cutthroat trout
a game fish ( Salmo clarki ) with a reddish patch under the jaw , usually found in high mountain streams near the NW North American coast
Kamloops trout
a variety of rainbow trout found in Canadian lakes
speckled trout
any of various fishes , as the sea trout or brook trout
trout fisherman
a fisherman who catches trout
trout fishermen
a fisherman who catches trout
namaycush
a North American freshwater fish ( Salvelinus namaycush )