veery
/ˈvɪəɹi/noun
veery is a noun meaning “An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-E-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 34 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of veery is veeries.
What does veery mean?
noun
- 1
An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce veery?
- /ˈvɪəɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of veery
- veeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is veery?
Veery appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Veery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense American thrush:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grive fauve |
| German | Wilson-Drossel |
| Portuguese | tordo-fulvo, sabiá-norte-americano |
| Spanish | zorzal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does veery come from?
Probably imitative of the bird's call. Attested since the 19th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).