Salmon

Definitions

1. 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.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. The father of Boaz by Rahab; the son of Nahshon (biblical figure).
4. A meal or dish made from this fish.
   countable, uncountable
5. A placename
   countable, uncountable
6. A city, the county seat of Lemhi County, Idaho, United States, situated on the Salmon River, after which it was probably named.
   countable, uncountable
7. A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
   countable, uncountable
8. Ellipsis of Salmon River.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
9. The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
   countable, uncountable
10. snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
    Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable
11. canned fish, usually mackerel.
    Sri-Lanka, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

53 more languages

العربيةالسلمونحُوت سُلَيْمَانسلمون

Azərbaycan diliqızılbalıq

Беларускаяласось

Българскисьомга

Bosanskilažaclosossomлосос+ 1 more

Catalàsalmósalmonat

Češtinalososlososová

Cymraegeogeogiaid

Dansklaks

Ελληνικάσολομός

Esperantosalmo

Eestilohe

Euskaraizokin

فارسیماهی آزاد

Suomilohenpunainenlohilohikala

Gaeilgebradán

Gàidhligbradanbreac

Galegoircesalmóntranca

עבריתאִלְתִּיתסלמון

हिन्दीसामन

Hrvatskilažaclosossomлосос+ 1 more

Magyarlazaclazacszínű

Հայերենսաղմոն

Bahasa Indonesiabangbang

Íslenskalaxlaxbleikur litur

Italianosalmone

日本語サーモン鮭

ქართულიორაგული

ភាសាខ្មែរសាលម៉ុន

한국어鰱연어

Latinasalmo

LëtzebuergeschSaumon

Lietuviųlašiša

Latviešulasis

Te Reo Māorihāmana

Македонскилосос

Nederlandszalmzalmkleurzalmkleurigzalmkleurige+ 1 more

Polskiłosośłososiowy

Portuguêssalmão

Românăsomon

Русскийлососьоранжево-ро́зовыйоранжево-ро́зовый цветсёмгасомон+ 2 more

Slovenčinalosos

Slovenščinalosos

Shqiplëken

Српскиlažaclosossomлосос+ 1 more

Svenskalax

Kiswahilisamoni

ไทยแซลมอน

Tagalogsalmon

Türkçesomsomon

ئۇيغۇرچەقايران

Українськалосось

Tiếng Việtcá hồi

Examples

“grilled salmon”

“salmon paté”

“salmon steak”

“Got any salmon?”

“Tinned mackerel is confusingly called ‘salmon’ in Sri Lanka. So this dish, in Sinhalese, is salmon hodi, or salmon in gravy. Now that I think⟳ on it, all tinned fish⟳ in Sri Lanka is called salmon.”

“With a thick gravy made up of onions, tomatoes, spices, and coconut milk this Sri Lankan salmon curry might breathe⟳ new life to those canned mackerels on your shelf.”

“We manufacture⟳ canned markerel fish⟳ (salmon)”

CEFR level