English Online Dictionary. What means salmon? What does salmon mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-. Displaced native Middle English lax, from Old English leax. The unpronounced l was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root (compare words like debt, indict, receipt, island for the same spelling Latinizations).
Pronunciation
- enPR: să'mən, IPA(key): /ˈsæmən/
- Rhymes: -æmən
- (Southern American English, sometimes) IPA(key): /ˈsælmən/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɑmən/
Noun
salmon (countable and uncountable, plural salmon or salmons)
- 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.
- grilled salmon
- salmon paté
- salmon steak
- Synonyms: lax, lox
- A meal or dish made from this fish.
- (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
- Synonym: salmon pink
- The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
- 1992, The Shamen (band), Ebeneezer Goode (song)
- Got any salmon?
- 1992, The Shamen (band), Ebeneezer Goode (song)
Derived terms
Related terms
- samlet
Descendants
- → Burmese: ဆယ်လမွန် (hcaila.mwan)
- → Hebrew: סַלְמוֹן (sálmon)
- → Hindi: सामन (sāman)
Translations
Adjective
salmon (not comparable)
- Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.
Translations
Verb
salmon (third-person singular simple present salmons, present participle salmoning, simple past and past participle salmoned)
- (slang, intransitive) To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.
- 2014: "Salmon, Don't Shoal: Learning The Lingo Of Safe Cycling" by Marc Silver, NPR
- Some cities discourage salmoning with clever signage, like this in London: "If you can read this you are biking the wrong way."
- 2014: "Salmon, Don't Shoal: Learning The Lingo Of Safe Cycling" by Marc Silver, NPR
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
Anagrams
- Almons, Lamson, Lomans, Malson, Sloman, monals
Cebuano
Etymology
From English salmon, from Middle English samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sal‧mon
Noun
salmon
- a salmon; any of several fish in the subfamily Salmoninae
Esperanto
Noun
salmon
- accusative singular of salmo
Friulian
Noun
salmon m (plural salmons)
- salmon
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese salmão.
Noun
salmon
- rainbow runner, Elagatis bipinnulata
References
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
Middle English
Noun
salmon
- Alternative form of samoun
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /salˈmuŋ/
Noun
salmon m
- salmon
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish salmón.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sal‧mon
- IPA(key): /salˈmon/, [sɐlˈmon]
Noun
salmón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔)
- salmon (fish)
- (color) salmon
Further reading
- “salmon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018