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

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