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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessmolt
Pronunciation / Transliteration: smolt
"Gli smolt di salmone migrano verso il mare."
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A young salmon or sea trout when it becomes silvery and is ready to migrate to the sea for the first time.
"Biologists monitored the downstream migration of salmon smolts during the spring runoff."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, possibly related to dialectal terms for small or young animals. Historically used in British and Irish regional dialects to describe young salmon at the migratory stage, corresponding closely to regional terms like herling (young sea trout).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Smolt" is said worldwide
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saumoneau
Transliteration: somono
"Le saumoneau descend la rivière vers l'océan."
Smolt
Transliteration: smolt
"Die Smolts wandern im Frühjahr ins Meer ab."
smolt
Transliteration: smolt
"Gli smolt di salmone migrano verso il mare."
esmólt
Transliteration: esmolt
"Los esmólts migran hacia el mar abierto."
smolt
Transliteration: smolt
"O smolt nada em direção ao mar."
छोटा सामन मछली
Transliteration: chhota saman machhli
Script: छोटा सामन
"युवा सामन मछली समुद्र की ओर प्रवास करती है।"
降海幼 salmon
Transliteration: jiàng hǎi yòu shārmén
Script: 降海幼鱼
"幼鱼在春天游向大海。"
스몰트
Transliteration: seumolteu
"연어 스몰트가 바다로 이동합니다."
スモルト
Transliteration: sumoruto
"サケのスモルトが海へ下る。"
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