salmon
One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above…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.
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» Give me three pieces of salmon.
Geben Sie mir drei Stücke Lachs. — raggione
Дайте мне три куска сёмги. — Olya
Дайте мені три шматочки сьомги. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(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
(uncountable)A meal or dish made from this fish.
(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
(countable, uncountable)The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
(Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable)Snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
(Sri Lanka, countable, uncountable)Canned fish, usually mackerel.
Lachs, Salm
лосо́сьlosósʹ, сёмгаsjómga
лосо́сьlosósʹ
Examples
90 sentencesGive me three pieces of salmon.
Дайте мені три шматочки сьомги. — deniko
ruДайте мне три куска сёмги. — Olya
deGeben Sie mir drei Stücke Lachs. — raggione
Tom and Mary both love salmon.
My favorite fish to eat is salmon.
ruМоя любимая рыба — лосось. — Wezel
deAn Fisch esse ich am liebsten Lachs. — Waldelfe
The only fish Tom likes is salmon.
I like to eat asparagus with salmon.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumoFrom 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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Forms
plural: salmon / salmonsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho:Salmon River
Word family
50 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.