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Definition for: salmon

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English

Pronunciation

  • AHD: să'mən , IPA: /ˈsæmən/ , SAMPA: /"s{m@n/
    Rhymes: -æmən

Etymology

Latin salmo , "leaper".

Noun

English irregular plurals

Singular
salmon

Plural
salmons   or salmon

salmon ( plural salmons   or salmon )

  1. ( plural salmon ) One of several species of fish of the Salmonidae family.
  2. ( plural salmons ) A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
    salmon colour:    

Synonyms

Translations

fish

  • Arabic: حوت سليمان (ħūt sulaimān)
  • Bosnian: losos m .
  • Catalan: salmó m .
  • Chinese: 三文鱼 (sānwényú); 鮭魚, 鲑鱼 (guīyú)
  • Croatian: losos m .
  • Czech: losos m .
  • Danish: laks
  • Dutch: zalm m .
  • Estonian: lõhe
  • Finnish: lohi
  • French: saumon m .
  • German: Lachs m .
  • Hungarian: lazac
  • Interlingua: salmon
  • Italian: salmone m .
  • Japanese: サーモン (sāmon), 鮭 (さけ, sake; しゃけ, shake)
  • Latvian: lasis m .
  • Lithuanian: lašisa f
  • Northern Sami: luossa
  • Norwegian: laks m .
  • Old English: leax
  • Polish: łosoś m .
  • Portuguese: salmão m .
  • Russian: лосось (losós’) m . , сёмга (s'ómga) f .
  • Romanian: somon m .
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: лосос m .
    Roman: losos m .
  • Skolt Sami: luõss
  • Slovene: losos m .
  • Spanish: salmón m .
  • Swedish: lax
  • Turkish: somon

colour

  • Catalan: salmó m .
  • Czech: lososová f .
  • Dutch: zalmkleur f .
  • Finnish: lohenpunainen
  • Interlingua: salmon
  • Portuguese: salmão m .
  • Turkish: somon
  • Basque : izokin
  • Breton : eog m . -ed pl . (1)
  • Indonesian : salmon
  • Lithuanian : lašiša f .
  • Central Sierra Miwok : kóˑsomu-
  • Polish : łosoś m .
  • Spanish : salmón m . (2), arrebol (2)

Adjective

salmon ( not comparable )

Positive
salmon

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Of food, made with salmon.
  2. ( colour ) Having a yellowish pink colour

Translations

made with salmon

  • Dutch: zalm-
  • Finnish: lohi-, lohesta
  • German: Lachs-
  • Interlingua: de salmon
  • Norwegian: lakse-
  • Portuguese: de salmão

colour

  • Dutch: zalmkleurig, zalmkleurige
  • Finnish: lohenpunainen
  • German: lachsfarben
  • Interlingua: de color salmon
  • Polish: łososiowy m .
  • Portuguese: salmão
  • Basque : izokinezko (1), izokin koloreko (2)
  • Catalan : salmonat m . (2), salmonada f . (2)
  • Polish : łososiowy m . , łososiowa f . , łososiowe n . (1), łososiowy (kolor) m . (2)
  • Spanish : asalmonado m . (2), asalmonada f . (2)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • samlet

See also

  • alevin
  • anadromous
  • arctic char
  • blackfish
  • coarse fish
  • gravlax
  • grilse
  • kelt
  • kipper
  • lox
  • parr

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