troute

Middle English

Alternative forms

trought, troughte, trouȝt, trouhte, trowȝte, trowt, trowte, trowyt, trught, trute, trwght, tryotht

Etymology

From Old English truht and Old French truite, both from Late Latin tructa, possibly from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtruːt(ə)/, /ˈtruxt(ə)/, /ˈtruːxt(ə)/

Noun

troute (plural troutes)

trout (certain fish of the genus Salmo)
The flesh of such fish.

Descendants

English: trout
Scots: trout, troot

References

“trǒut, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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