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Meaning of Anchovy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈæn.t͡ʃə.vi

Definitions

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.

Equivalents

Български аншоа хамси́я
Català anxova seitó
Čeština ančovička sardel
Dansk ansjos
Deutsch Sardelle
Ελληνικά αντζούγια γαύρος
Esperanto anĉovo sardelo
Español aladroque anchoa bocarte boquerón
Euskara antxoa bokarta
Français anchois
Gaeilge ainseabhaí
Magyar szardella
Íslenska ansjósa
Italiano acciuga Alice
ქართული ქაფშია
Қазақша қамса
한국어 멸치
Kurdî aliçe
Lëtzebuergesch Anchois
Македонски инчун
Bahasa Melayu bilis
Nederlands ansjovis
Português anchova enchova
Română anșoa hamsie sardele
Русский анчоус хамса
Slovenščina inčun
Српски inćun sardela инћун
Svenska ansjovis sardell
Tagalog dilis dulis
Türkçe ançüez hamsi
Tiếng Việt cá cơm

Examples

“[T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.”

CEFR level

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