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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries魚
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sakana
"川で魚を釣りました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, breathes with gills, and has fins and scales.
"The market offers a wide variety of fresh fish, including salmon and trout." - 2
The flesh of such an animal used as food.
"We ordered the grilled fish with a side of roasted vegetables."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old French 'poisson', which traces back to Latin 'piscem' (accusative of 'piscis', meaning fish). The term has been preserved across Romance languages with minimal phonetic shifts since the medieval period.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Poisson" is said worldwide
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poisson
Transliteration: pwadsɔ̃
"Le poisson nage dans la rivière."
Fisch
Transliteration: fɪʃ
"Der Fisch schwimmt im Wasser."
pesce
Transliteration: ˈpeʃ.ʃe
"Il pesce nuota nel mare."
pescado
Transliteration: pesˈka.ðo
"Compramos pescado fresco en el mercado."
peixe
Transliteration: ˈpej.ʃi
"O peixe vive na água."
मछली
Transliteration: machlī
"मछली पानी में तैरती है।"
鱼
Transliteration: yú
"鱼在水里游。"
생선
Transliteration: saengseon
"고양이가 생선을 좋아합니다."
魚
Transliteration: sakana
"川で魚を釣りました。"
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