brown trout

noun

A nonmigratory freshwater trout of species Salmo trutta, with dark spotted skin, native to Europe and Asia.

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brownbrowniesalmon troutSalmo trutta
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Meanings

nounbrown trout (plural brown trout)
  1. A nonmigratory freshwater trout of species Salmo trutta, with dark spotted skin, native to Europe and Asia.

    Some brown trout live to be twenty years old. Browns are canny, the most wary of trout.

    2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 67

    Synonyms: brown, brownie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA nonmigratory freshwater trout of species Salmo trutta, with dark spotted skin, native to Europe and Asia.

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brownbrownie

More synonyms by meaning

nounspeckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America

Similar
salmon troutSalmo trutta
Broader
trout
Also see
kingcroakersalmon trout

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan truita
  • truitaspecies of freshwater trout
Dutch forel
  • forelspecies of freshwater trout
Esperanto bruna truto
  • bruna trutospecies of freshwater trout
Finnish taimen, järvitaimen (morpha lacustris)
  • taimenspecies of freshwater trout
  • järvitaimen (morpha lacustris)species of freshwater trout
  • purotaimen (morpha fario)species of freshwater trout
  • tammukkaspecies of freshwater trout
  • tonkospecies of freshwater trout
  • purolohispecies of freshwater trout
French truite fario
  • truite fariospecies of freshwater trout
German Europäische Forelle
  • Europäische Forellespecies of freshwater trout
Hungarian sebes pisztráng
  • sebes pisztrángspecies of freshwater trout
Irish breac donn
  • breac donnspecies of freshwater trout
Korean 브라운송어
  • 브라운송어 (beuraunsong'eo)species of freshwater trout
Latvian taimiņš
  • taimiņšspecies of freshwater trout
Polish troć jeziorowa, troć jeziorna
  • troć jeziorowaspecies of freshwater trout
  • troć jeziornaspecies of freshwater trout
Portuguese truta-marisca
  • truta-mariscaspecies of freshwater trout
Russian ку́мжа
  • ку́мжа (kúmža)species of freshwater trout
Scottish Gaelic breac
  • breacspecies of freshwater trout
Swedish öring
  • öringspecies of freshwater trout
Turkish dere alabalığı, kahverengi alabalık
  • dere alabalığıspecies of freshwater trout
  • kahverengi alabalıkspecies of freshwater trout
Welsh brithyll
  • brithyllspecies of freshwater trout
Cite this entry
APA

brown trout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20trout

MLA

“brown trout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20trout. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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