Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    grilled salmon

    salmon paté

  2. (uncountable)A meal or dish made from this fish.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

    lachsfarben, lachsfarbig, lachsrot

    оранжево-ро́зовый цветoranževo-rózovyj cvet, сомонsomon

    a pale pinkish orange color

  4. (countable, uncountable)The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.

  5. (Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable)Snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)

  6. (Sri Lanka, countable, uncountable)Canned fish, usually mackerel.

    Lachs, Salm

    лосо́сьlosósʹ, сёмгаsjómga

    лосо́сьlosósʹ

Examples

90 sentences
  1. Give me three pieces of salmon.

    Дайте мені три шматочки сьомги.

    ruДайте мне три куска сёмги.

    deGeben Sie mir drei Stücke Lachs.

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  2. Tom and Mary both love salmon.

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  3. My favorite fish to eat is salmon.

    ruМоя любимая рыба — лосось.

    deAn Fisch esse ich am liebsten Lachs.

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  4. The only fish Tom likes is salmon.

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  5. I like to eat asparagus with salmon.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumo

From Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-. Widely displaced native Middle English lax, from Old English leax (whence modern dialectal lax). The unpronounced l was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root (compare words like debt, indict, receipt for the same spelling Latinizations).

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