gurnard

English

a grey gurnard

Alternative forms

• gurnet

Etymology

From Middle English gurnard, from Old French gournart, from the verb gronir, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin grunnīre (“to grunt”). Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French grondin (“gurnard”), which evolved in a similar way.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɜːnəd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɚnɚd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɵːnɘd/

Noun

gurnard (plural gurnard or gurnards)

1. Any of various marine fish of the family Triglidae that have a large armored head and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom.

Synonyms

• (fish of Triglidae): sea robin

Hyponyms

• (fish of Triglidae): bluefin gurnard, tub gurnard, red gurnard, grey gurnard, scaly gurnard, Eastern spiny gurnard, spotted gurnard, spiny red gurnard

Derived terms

• flying gurnard

Translations

marine fish of the family Triglidae

• Bulgarian: морска лястовица f (morska ljastovica)
• French: grondin (fr) m
• Galician: rubio (gl) m
• German: Seehahn m, Knurrhahn (de) m
• Greek: τρίγλη f (trígli), χελιδονόψαρο (el) n (chelidonópsaro)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kumukumu
• Middle English: gurnard
• Romanian: rândunică-de-mare (ro) f
• Russian: морско́й пету́х m (morskój petúx), три́гла f (trígla)
• Spanish: trilla (es) f

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gurnard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• gurnard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triglidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Triglidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• gurnarde, gournarde, gornard, gornarde, gurnerd

Etymology

From Old French gournart; equivalent to groynen +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡurnard/, /ˈɡurnərd/

Noun

gurnard (plural gurnardes)

1. gurnard

Descendants

• English: gurnard, gurnet
• Scots: girnot

References

• “gurnard (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.