grouse

Etymology 1
Attested in the 1530s, as grows "moorhen", a plural used collectively. The origin of the is en; the following derivations have been suggested:


 * From (modern 🇨🇬) or, both from , ultimately from.
 * Borrowed from or a different  word.
 * of the bird’s call.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of various game birds of the subfamily  which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse  native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
 * 2)  The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
 * 1)  The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
 * 1)  The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
 * 1)  The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

Translations

 * Arabic: طَيْهُوج
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 岩雷鳥,
 * Cornish: grugyar
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: пово
 * Esperanto: urogalo
 * Estonian: teder
 * Even: хиники
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: Raufußhuhn
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τετράων
 * Halkomelem: mí:t', skwéth'kweth’
 * Vancouver Island: miit', stihwum
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cearc fhraoigh, coileach fraoigh
 * Italian: gallo cedrone, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Komi-Permyak: тар
 * Kwak'wala: kwa̱kwa̱mł
 * Latgalian: rubyns
 * Latvian: rubenis,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: тетреб
 * Nanai: пиму, поро
 * Navajo: dįʼ
 * Nootka: huʔiik
 * Norwegian: skogshøns
 * Polish:,  ,
 * Portuguese: tetraz, galo-silvestre
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Saanich: ṈI¸ED, SḰEȾ
 * Scottish Gaelic: coileach-dubh, liath-chearc
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тетреб, тетријеб
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: jereb
 * Spanish: tetraónino,
 * Swedish: skogshöns
 * Udmurt: тур
 * Welsh: ceiliog y mynydd, iâr y mynydd, ceiliog y rhos, iâr y rhos, grugiar


 * Esperanto: urogalaĵo

Verb

 * 1)  To hunt or shoot grouse.

Etymology 2
The origin of the is uncertain; it is possibly borrowed from, from ,  (whence  and ). The further etymology is unknown, but it may be derived from or of  origin.

The is derived from the verb.

Verb

 * 1)  To complain or grumble.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, оплаквам се
 * Czech:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: гу̀нђати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1)  A cause for complaint; a grumble.

Etymology 3

 * possibly from British ,   and  ,  ; from  ,  , ,  , from  +.

Adjective

 * 1)  Excellent.