trost

See also: Trost, tröst, trøst, and трость

Norwegian Bokmål

trost

Etymology

From Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *þrasduz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Compare Swedish trast, Icelandic þröstur, Faroese trøstur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /trost/, [tɾɔst]

Noun

trost m (definite singular trosten, indefinite plural troster, definite plural trostene)

(zoology) thrush, one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae

Derived terms

gråtrost (“fieldfare”)
ringtrost (“ring ouzel”)
rødvingetrost (“redwing”)
svarttrost (“blackbird”)
vandretrost (“robin”)

References

“trost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

trast

Etymology

From Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *þrasduz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Compare Swedish trast, Icelandic þröstur, Faroese trøstur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /trɔst/

Noun

trost m or f (definite singular trosten or trosta, indefinite plural trostar or troster, definite plural trostane or trostene)

(zoology) thrush, one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae

Derived terms

gråtrost (“fieldfare”)
ringtrost (“ring ouzel”)
raudvingetrost (“redwing”)
svarttrost (“blackbird”)
vandretrost (“robin”)

References

“trost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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