salmon

English

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Pronunciation

• enPR: să'mən, IPA: /ˈsæmən/, SAMPA: /"s{m@n/, alternatively IPA: /ˈsɑmən/

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• Rhymes: -æmən

Etymology

From Middle English samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-. Displaced native Middle English lax, from Old English leax.

Noun

salmon (plural salmons or salmon)

1. (plural salmon) One of several species of fish of the Salmonidae family.
2. (plural salmons) A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

   salmon colour:

Synonyms

• (colour): salmon pink

Translations

fish

Ainu: カムイチェㇷ゚ (kamuy-cep) Aleut: adgayux, sa-yak Arabic: حوت سليمان (ħūt sulaimān) Armenian: սաղմոն (hy) (saġmon) Catalan: salmó (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 三文魚 (cmn), 三文鱼 (cmn) (sānwényú), 鮭魚 (cmn), 鲑鱼 (cmn) (guīyú) Czech: losos (cs) m. Danish: laks (da) Dutch: zalm (nl) m. Esperanto: salmo (eo) Estonian: lõhe (et) Faroese: laksur (fo) m. Finnish: lohi (fi) French: saumon (fr) m. German: Lachs (de) m. Hebrew: סלמון (he) (sálmon) m. Hindi: सामन (hi) (sāman) Hungarian: lazac (hu) Icelandic: lax (is) m. Ido: salmono (io) Interlingua: salmon Irish: bradán (ga) m. Italian: salmone (it) m. Japanese: サーモン (ja) (sāmon), 鮭 (ja) (さけ, sake; しゃけ, shake) Kalo Finnish Romani: loolo matšo Korean: 연어 (yeoneo) Latin: salmō (la) m. Latvian: lasis (lv) m.

Lithuanian: lašiša (lt) f. Lower Sorbian: łosos m. Luxembourgish: Saumon (lb) m. Macedonian: лосос (mk) (lósos) m. Manx: braddan (gv) m. Northern Sami: luossa Norwegian: laks (no) m. Old English: leax (ang) m. Old Irish: bratán m. Persian: ماهی آزاد (fa) Polish: łosoś (pl) m. Portuguese: salmão (pt) m. Romanian: somon (ro) m. Russian: лосось (ru) (losós’) m., сёмга (ru) (sjómga) f. Scottish Gaelic: bradan (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ло̏сос (sh) m. Roman: lȍsos (sh) m. Skolt Sami: luõss Slovak: losos (sk) m. Slovene: losos (sl) m. Spanish: salmón (es) m. Swedish: lax (sv) Turkish: somon (tr) Ukrainian: лосось (uk) m. Upper Sorbian: łosos m. Volapük: (male or female) salm (vo), (male) hisalm (vo), (female) jisalm (vo), (male or female offspring, young) salmül (vo) Welsh: eog (cy)

colour

Catalan: salmó (ca) m. Czech: lososová (cs) f. Dutch: zalmkleur (nl) f. Finnish: lohenpunainen (fi) German: lachsfarben (de), lachsfarbig (de), lachsrot (de), lachsrosa (de) Icelandic: laxbleikur litur (is) m. Interlingua: salmon

Italian: salmone (it) m. Macedonian: розово-портокалова (mk) (rózovo-portokálova) f. Portuguese: salmão (pt) m. Spanish: salmón (es) m. Turkish: somon (tr) Volapük: salmakölik (vo)

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• Basque: izokin (eu)
• Breton: eog (br) m., -ed pl. (1)
• Indonesian: salmon
• Central Sierra Miwok: kóˑsomu-

Adjective

salmon (not comparable)

1. Having a yellowish pink colour.

Translations

made with salmon

Dutch: zalm- Finnish: lohi-, lohesta German: Lachs- Interlingua: de salmon Macedonian: лососов (mk) (lósosov) m.

Norwegian: lakse- (no) Polish: łososiowy m., łososiowa f., łososiowe n. Portuguese: de salmão Russian: лососёвый (ru) (losoc'óvyj)

colour

Dutch: zalmkleurig, zalmkleurige Finnish: lohenpunainen German: lachsfarben Icelandic: laxbleikur (is) m., laxbleik (is) f., laxbleikt (is) n. Interlingua: de color salmon

Macedonian: розово портокалов (mk) (rózovo-portokálov) m. Polish: łososiowy m., łososiowa f., łososiowe n. Portuguese: salmão (pt) Spanish: asalmonado (es), salmón (es)

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• Basque: izokinezko (1), izokin koloreko (2)
• Catalan: salmonat m. (2), salmonada f. (2)

Derived terms

Atlantic salmon blueback salmon chinook salmon chum salmon coho salmon humpback salmon king salmon

kokanee salmon Nova Scotia salmon pink salmon quinnat salmon red salmon rock salmon salmon day salmon ladder

salmon leap salmon trout salmonberry salmonid silver salmon smoked salmon spring salmon

Related terms

• samlet

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) [edit]}

alevin anadromous arctic char blackfish coarse fish gravlax

grilse kelt kipper lox parr

redfish smolt sockeye trout yolk fry

Anagrams

• monals

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Esperanto

Noun

salmon sg.

1. accusative singular of salmo