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Definition: Ouzel |
OuzelNoun1. Common black European thrush. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ouzel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1817. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Ouzel The blackbird; sometimes the thrush is so called. (Anglo-Saxon, osle, a blackbird.) Bottom speaks of the "ousel cock, so black of hue with orange tawny bill." (Midsummer Night's Dream.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: OuzelSynonyms: blackbird (n), merl (n), merle (n), ousel (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ouzel |
| English words defined with "ouzel": American water ouzel ♦ Cinclus aquaticus, Cinclus mexicanus ♦ European water ouzel ♦ Heath throstle ♦ Piet ♦ ring ouzel ♦ Water ousel, water ouzel. (references) |
| "Ouzel" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Ouzel" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ouzel": american water ouzel ♦ european water ouzel ♦ ring ouzel ♦ water ouzel. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ouzel | 7 |
falls ouzel | 5 |
ouzel water | 2 |
ouzel outfitters | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ouzel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mëllënjë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кос (bevel, blackbird, oblique, ousel, sidelong, sideward, sideways, skew, slantways, slantwise, splay, thwart, transversal, transverse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kos (blackbird). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ringdrossel (ring ouzel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beflijster (ring ouzel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | merle plastron (ring ouzel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ringdrossel (ring ouzel), Ringamsel (ring ouzel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νεροκότσυφοσ (ousel, sandpiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vízi guvad (ousel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | merlo (battlement, blackbird, merlon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thummeyder beg (dabchick, water ouzel), lhondoo ny hawin (water ouzel), lhon ny greg (ring ouzel), lhon fainnit (ring ouzel), gaaue doo (water ouzel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ouzelay aborrecido (annoyed, beastly, boring, bothersome, damnable, disgustful, drab, dreary, dull, dullness, ground, horrific, iron, jaded, meddler, morpheme, mumpish, pernickety, pesky, prose, provoking, soporific, stodgy, sulky, tedious, tired, tiresome, tiring, troublesome, unpleasant, vexed, vexing, wearisome, weary, worn out, worried, worrisome). (various references) mierlã de apã, mierlã (blackbird). (various references) дрозд (catbird, ousel, thrush). (various references) kos (awry, bevel, lop-sided, oblique, ousel, skew, slant, slantindicular, slanting, slantwise, sloping, traverse). (various references) tordo (dapple, dapple grey, dappled, ousel, thrush), mirlo (blackbird, Merle). (various references) ringtrast (ousel). (various references) ardıçkuşu (fieldfare, Mavis, ousel, song thrush). (various references) дрізд "вропейський. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | RM:tursch dal cularin, Turdus torquatus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ouzel": ouzels. (additional references) | |
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"Ouzel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: duzel, oasal, Oebel, oeze, Oiel, Oissel, Ojuel, oozelum, ouel, ounze, ouoe, Ouseley, ouz, ouzal, ouzi, ozal, Ozep, ozl, ozle, touzel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-o-u-z" | |
-2 letters: leu, lez, ole. | |
-3 letters: el, lo, oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-o-u-z" | |
+1 letter: ouzels, touzle, zonule. | |
+2 letters: touzled, touzles, zealous, zonulae, zonules. | |
+3 letters: autolyze, bulldoze, eulogize, outblaze. | |
+4 letters: autolyzed, autolyzes, bulldozed, bulldozer, bulldozes, eulogized, eulogizer, eulogizes, formulize, outblazed, outblazes, outdazzle, zealously. | |
+5 letters: absolutize, autolyzate, bulldozers, eulogizers, eulogizing, formulized, formulizes, glamourize, journalize, outdazzled, outdazzles, popularize, prologuize, solubilize. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 75 7A 65 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ..- --.. . .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110101 01111010 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O u z e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0075 007A 0065 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4987927178 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanees, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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