ouzel
pronunciation
How to pronounce ouzel in British English:
UK ['u:zl]
How to pronounce ouzel in American English:
US ['uzəl]
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- Noun:
- common black European thrush
Word Origin
- ouzel (n.)
- also ousel, from Old English osle "blackbird," from West Germanic *amslon- (cognates: Old High German amsala, German amsel), probably from PIE *ams- "black, blackbird" (cognates: Latin merula "blackbird," Welsh mwyalch "blackbird, thrush," Breton moualch "ouzel").