tuna

See also Tuna

English

Pronunciation

• (Australia, UK) enPR: tyoo͞'nə, IPA: /ˈtjuː.nə/, X-SAMPA: /"tju:n@/
• (US) enPR: too͞'nə, IPA: /ˈtuː.nə/, /ˈtjuː.nə/, X-SAMPA: /"tu:n@/

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• Rhymes: -uːnə

Etymology 1

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From American Spanish alteration of the Spanish atún, from Arabic تن (tunn, “tuna”), from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thunnos), from θύνω (thunō), "I rush, dart along"). (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this etymology?)

Noun

tuna (plural tuna or tunas)

1. Any of several species of fish, of the genus Thunnus, in the family Scombridae.
2. The edible flesh of the tuna.

Synonyms

• tuna fish, tunny

Translations

fish

• Arabic: (collective) تونة (ar) (tūna) f, سمك التن (ar) (samak al-tun) m

  Morocco: طون (ṭon)

• Armenian: թյուննոս (hy) (tʰjunnos)
• Catalan: tonyina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金槍魚 (cmn), 金枪鱼 (cmn) (jīnqiāngyú)

• Czech: tuňák (cs) m
• Danish: tun (da) c
• Dutch: tonijn (nl) m
• Faroese: tunfiskur (fo) m
• French: thon (fr) m
• Galician: atún (gl) m, túnido (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Thunfisch (de) m
• Hebrew: טונה (he) f
• Hungarian: tonhal (hu)

• Italian: tonno (it) m
• Japanese: 鮪 (ja) (まぐろ, maguro), マグロ (ja) (maguro), チューナ (ja) (chūna)
• Korean: 다랑어 (ko) (darang-eo), 참다랑어 (ko) (cham-darang-eo), 참치 (ko) (chamchi)
• Latin: thunnus (la) m
• Latvian: tuncis (lv)
• Lithuanian: tunas (lt) m
• Polish: tuńczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: atum (pt) m
• Russian: туне́ц (ru) (tunéc) m
• Slovak: tuniak (sk) m
• Spanish: atún (es) m
• Turkish: orkinos (tr), ton balığı (tr)
• Vietnamese: cá ngừ đại dương (vi)
• Welsh: tiwna (cy) m

Etymology 2

Taino

Noun

tuna (plural tunas)

1. A type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
2. The fruit of the cactus.

Translations

type of cactus

• Spanish: nopal (es) f

fruit of the cactus

• Spanish: tuna (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Korean: 부채선인장 (ko) (buchae seoninjang)

Anagrams

• aunt

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Akawaio

Noun

tuna

1. water

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Apalaí

Noun

tuna

1. water

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Chamorro

Verb

tuna

1. (transitive) to laud, to praise.

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Czech

Noun

tuna f

1. ton (unit of weight)

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Indonesian

Adjective

tuna

1. damaged

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Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtʉ.na]

Noun

tuna

1. eel

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Portuguese

Verb

tuna

1. third-person singular present indicative of tunar
2. second-person singular imperative of tunar

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tonāre, present active infinitive of tonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).

Verb

a tuna (third-person singular present tună, past participle tunat) 1st conj.

1. to thunder

Conjugation

    conjugation of tuna (First conjugation)

infinitive			a tuna
gerund			tunând
past participle			tunat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	tun	tuni	tună	tunăm	tunați	tună
	imperfect	tunam	tunai	tuna	tunam	tunați	tunau
	simple perfect	tunai	tunași	tună	tunarăm	tunarăți	tunară
	pluperfect	tunasem	tunaseși	tunase	tunaserăm	tunaserăți	tunaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să tun	să tuni	să tune	să tunăm	să tunați	să tune
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		tună			tunați
	negative		nu tuna			nu tunați

Derived terms

• tunare

Related terms

• detuna
• tunet
• tun

See also

• fulgera
• trăsni

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Samoan

Noun

tuna

1. eel

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Taino

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

1. prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal cactus (scientific names: genus Opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica)
2. nopal

Synonyms

• (prickly pear): higo de tuna
• (nopal): nopal, higuera de tuna, higuera de Indias

Usage notes

• Tuna is a false friend, and does not mean a kind of fish in Spanish. The Spanish word for that English meaning of tuna is atún.

Etymology 2

From French tune, originally from roi de Thunes

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

1. (Spain) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes, called in the Americas estudiantina (see Tuna (music))