burbot

English

Lota lota

Etymology

Borrowed from French barbote, from Latin barba (“a beard”). Displaced native eelpout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/

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Noun

burbot (plural burbots)

1. A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

Synonyms

• eel-pout
• lake lawyer
• lawyer

Translations

a freshwater fish: Lota lota

• Bulgarian: налим (bg) m (nalim), михалица f (mihalica)
• Catalan: lota (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 江鱈／江鳕 (jiāngxuě), 山鯰魚／山鲶鱼 (shānniányú), 花鯰魚／花鲶鱼 (huāniányú)

• Czech: mník (cs) m
• Dutch: kwabaal (nl)
• Esperanto: lojto
• Estonian: luts (et)
• Finnish: made (fi)
• French: lote (fr) f, lotte (fr) f (Canada)
• German: Quappe (de) f
• Greek: λότα η ποταμία f (lóta i potamía)
• Hungarian: menyhal (hu)
• Inari Sami: njäähi
• Ingrian: mae
• Italian: bottatrice f
• Kazakh: нәлім (nälım)
• Korean: 모오케 (mooke)
• Luxembourgish: Laangfëschmudder f
• Northern Sami: njáhká
• Norwegian: lake (no) c
• Old English: ǣlepūta m
• Polish: miętus (pl) m
• Russian: нали́м (ru) m (nalím)
• Spanish: lota f
• Swedish: lake (sv) c, slemhelge (colloquial)
• Tundra Nenets: нёя (nyoya)
• Turkish: tatlı su gelinciği (tr)
• Welsh: llofen f, llofenan f
• Yup'ik: manignaq