salmon
English
/ˈsæmən/, /ˈsælmən/, /ˈsɑmən/
noun
Definitions
- One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.
- plural salmons A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
- The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English samoun derived from saumon derived from Old French saumon derived from Latin salmo, salmōn-, salmō.
Origin
Latin
salmo, salmōn-, salmō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beach English
- beachsalmon English
- berry English
- chum salmon English
- coho English
- coho salmon English
- jack English
- jack salmon English
- lax English
- nonsalmon English
- salmonberry English
- salmonburger English
- salmoner English
- salmonet English
- salmonish English
- salmonless English
- salmonlike English
- salmony English
- samlet English
- salmo, salmōn-, salmō Latin
- salmō Latin
- salmōnem Latin
- salmonare Italian
- salmone Italian
- salmone del Danubio Italian
- salmonicoltura Italian
- salmonicultura Italian
- *lahsaz Proto-Germanic
- サーモン Japanese
- leax Old English
- lax Middle English
- samoun Middle English
- saumon, samon Middle English
- saumon Old French
- सामन Hindi
- แซลมอน Thai
- salmon Cebuano
- saumon Norman
- *lahs gmw-pro
- סלמון Hebrew (modern)
- 三文魚 Chinese
- jam̧ōņ Marshallese
- saumon xno
- salmón Ligurian
- سلمون Hijazi Arabic
- tzum Chinook Jargon