thrush

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θɹʌʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌʃ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd). ==== Noun ==== thrush (plural thrushes) Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin. (US, colloquial) A female singer. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Uncertain, though likely not related to the "bird" sense of Etymology 1; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish torsk, Norwegian trøske. Perhaps also related to Old French fourchette (“frog of a horse's hoof”). ==== Noun ==== thrush (plural thrushes) A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis. ===== Synonyms ===== candidiasis ===== Derived terms ===== oral thrush ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === See also === candida turdiform === References === “*thrush”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.