fishhook

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See also fish hook

English

Different types of fish hooks

Etymology

From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish +‎ hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

fishhook (plural fishhooks)

1. a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
2. (slang) A jack (the playing card)

Synonyms

• fishing hook
• hook

Translations

barbed hook for fishing

• Ancient Greek: ἄγκιστρον (agkístron) n
• Armenian: կարթ (hy) (kart’)
• Catalan: ham (ca) m
• Chamicuro: c̈ho'kapeli
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魚鉤 (cmn), 鱼钩 (cmn) (yúgōu)

• Czech: háček (cs) m
• Danish: fiskekrog (da)
• Dutch: vishaak (nl)
• Finnish: ongenkoukku (fi), koukku (fi)
• French: hameçon (fr) m
• German: Angelhaken (de) m
• Greek: αγκίστρι (el) (agkístri) n
• Ido: angelo (io)
• Indonesian: Mata kail (id)
• Italian: amo (it) m
• Japanese: 釣り針 (ja) (tsuribari)

• Jèrriais: ain m, cro m
• Korean: 낚시 (nakksi)
• Latin: hāmus (la) m
• Macedonian: јадица (mk) (jádica) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: angel (no), fiskekrok (no)

  Nynorsk: ongul (nn), ongel (nn)

• Polish: haczyk wędkarski (pl) m
• Portuguese: anzol (pt) m
• Rapa Nui: mangai
• Russian: рыболовный крючок (ru) (rybolóvnyj kr'učók) m
• Scottish Gaelic: dubhan-iasgaich (gd) m
• Spanish: hamo (es) m, anzuelo (es) m
• Swedish: fiskkrok (sv) c, krok (sv) c
• Telugu: గాలం (gaalam)
• Volapük: fitahuk (vo)

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523