bream
A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as foodA European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
» They went fishing for bream.
Meaning
4 sensesA European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
Brasse, Brachse
лещlešč
(UK)A species in that genus, Abramis brama.
Brasse, Brachse, Brachsen
лещlešč, чёрный лещčórnyj lešč
лящljašč
An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.
- flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
- flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
- any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
- any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
Examples
1 sentencesThey went fishing for bream.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French bFrom Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)).
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Forms
plural: bream / breamsSynonyms
3 synonyms- flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae:sea bream
- flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe:freshwater bream
- any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis:freshwater bream
- any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae:sea bream
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular