samlet

English

Etymology

Contraction of salmon +‎ -let.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsamlət/

Noun

samlet (plural samlets)

1. A young salmon.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 193:

     Demon popped into his mouth a last morsel of black bread with elastic samlet, gulped down a last pony of vodka and took his place at the table with Marina facing him across its oblong length.

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Danish

Verb

samlet

1. past participle of samle
2. (as an adjective) overall, total, whole
3. (as an adjective) joint
4. (as an adjective) assembled
5. (adverbial) taken together, in the aggregate
6. (adverbial) jointly
7. (adverbial) in a body