chough
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
chough
- /t͡ʃʌf/ US, UK
- /t͡ʃɐf/ Australia, New Zealand
- /t͡ʃʊf/ Northern England
Sounds like chuff · Rhymes with -ʌf
Where it comes from
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”).
noun choughs
- Any member of either of two species of the genus Pyrrhocorax of birds in the crow family (Corvidae), that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia. For parot is no churlish Chowgh / nor no f[l]ekyd pye
-
A white-winged chough Corcorax melanorhamphos in the Australian mud-nest builders family (Corcoracidae), that inhabits dry woodlands.
Similar: hermit-crow
Translations
Talk about this word "chough." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chough. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chough. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chough "chough." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chough.Cite this
@misc{chough_2026,
title = {chough},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chough},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
