chough

Meaning

1. Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
2. The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.

Synonyms

jackdaw

red-billed chough

Red-billed Chough

Translations

Alpenkrähe

chova

crave à bec rouge

gralha

gralla

choucas

crave

pyrrhocorax

gazza

gracchio

gracchio corallino

monedula

kauw

alpenkraai

gralhon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃʌf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: choughe

Inherited from Old English: ċēo

Cognate with Scots: kae

Cognate with Western Frisian: ka

Cognate with Dutch: kauw

Cognate with Swedish: kaja

In summary

From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ċeahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”).