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Meaning of Swordfish | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈsɔː(ɹ)dfɪʃ

Definitions

A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
countable, uncountable
A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans swaardvis

العربية سمك السيف سَمَكَة سَيْف كوسج

Bosanski jaglun sabljarka сабљарка

Català emperador peix espasa

Čeština mečoun

Cymraeg pysgod cleddyf

Dansk sværdfisk

Deutsch Schwertfisch

Ελληνικά ξιφίας

Esperanto spadofiŝo

Español albacora alfanje espadarte jifia pez emperador pez espada

Suomi miekkakala

Français espadon

Gaeilge colgán

Galego espadarte peixe espada

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi aʻu kū

Hrvatski jaglun sabljarka сабљарка

Magyar kardhal

Bahasa Indonesia todak

Íslenska sverðfiskur

Italiano pesce spada

日本語目梶木

한국어 황새치

Latina xiphias

Latviešu zobenzivs

Te Reo Māori paea takeketonga

Bahasa Melayu todak

Nederlands zwaardvis

Polski miecznik włócznik

Português espadarte peixe espada

Română pește spadă

Русский мечено́с ры́ба-меч

Српски jaglun sabljarka сабљарка

Svenska svärdfisk

Kiswahili mchumbururu

Tagalog dugso

Türkçe kılıç balığı

Tiếng Việt cá đao cá kiếm

Examples

“Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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Meaning of Swordfish | Babel Free

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