grilse
English
Etymology
From Middle English grills, grilles, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots grils, grissill, girls (“young salmon”). Compare English grawl, Scots grawl, graulse (“young salmon, grilse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
grilse (plural grilses)
- A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
- 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, Stanford University Press, page 4:
- In our own tongue salmon are fry as babies, parr as children, smolt as adolescents, and grilse as adults.
- 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, Stanford University Press, page 4:
Translations
salmon
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