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trout

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
tɹaʊt

Definitions

  1. Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
  2. A surname.
  3. An objectionable elderly woman.
  4. fish
  5. queer
  6. sharp, clever, cunning

Equivalents

Françaistruite
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Azərbaycan dilialabalıqqızılala
Беларускаястронгафарэ́ль
Българскипъстърва
Catalàtruita
Češtinapstruh
Cymraegbrithyll
Danskørred
Ελληνικάπέστροφα
Esperantotruto
Eestiforell
Gaeilgebreac
Gàidhligbreac
עבריתשמך
हिन्दीसामन
Íslenskasilungur
Italianotrota
日本語ます
ქართულიკალმახი
한국어송어
LëtzebuergeschFrell
Lietuviųupėtakis
Latviešuforele
Te Reo Māoritaraute
Македонскипастрмка
Nederlandsforel
Polskipstrąg
Portuguêstruta
Românăpăstrăv
Русскийфорель
Slovenščinapostrv
Shqiptroftë
Türkçealabalık
Українськафорель
Tiếng Việtcá hồi

Examples

Many anglers consider trout to be the archetypical quarry.”
Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].”
““This morning,” he said, “We will fish, Turner. We will cast for trout so that we may catch grayling.””
Roman matrons, sexually exhausted, were fond of trout caught in a little stream in the Vosges Mountains.”
Look, you silly old trout, you can't keep bringing home cats! You can't afford the ones you have!”
But French observers were perplexed not just by the Benny Hill-style frenzy, but by the ensuing British tabloid handwringing about how unfair it was that the UK's women ministers were such a load of ugly trouts compared to Sarkozy's sexy French ladies.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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