perch

See also: Perch

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɜːtʃ/
• IPA^(key): /pɝtʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”).

Noun

yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

perch (plural perches or perch)

1. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
2. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
   1. (South Africa)
   2. (Ghana) ,
   3. (Australia) , , , ,
   4. (US)
   5. (UK) , Tautogolabrus adspersus
3. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

Hyponyms

• (fish in genus Perca): Balkhash perch, European perch, yellow perch
• (fish in family Percidae): darter, pike-perch, zander
• (fish in order Perciformes): bass

Derived terms

• American perch (Perca flavescens)
• Balkhash perch ()
• bass perch ()
• black perch ()
• blue perch ()
• bluenose perch ()
• great perch ()
• gray perch ()
• lake perch (Perca flavescens)
• logperch
• perch pest
• perchlet
• pikeperch
• raccoon perch (Perca flavescens)
• red perch
  • red gurnard perch ()
  • rose fish (Sebastes norvegicus)
  • Pacific ocean perch ()
  • Japanese red seaperch ()
  • barber perch ()
• red-bellied perch ()
• ring-tail perch (Perca flavescens)
• ringed perch (Perca flavescens)
• rockperch ()
• sandperch
• sea perch ()
• seaperch
• silver perch ()
• stone perch ()
• striped perch (Perca flavescens)
• surfperch
• trout-perch ()
• white perch ()
• yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

Translations

fish of the genus Perca

• Armenian: պերկես (hy) (perkes)
• Bashkir: алабуға (alabuğa)
• Belarusian: аку́нь m (akúnʹ), во́кунь m (vókunʹ)
• Bulgarian: ко́стур (bg) m (kóstur)
• Catalan: perca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鱸魚／鲈鱼 (lou⁴ jyu^4-2), 鲈鱼 (lou⁴ jyu^4-2)

  Mandarin: 鱸魚／鲈鱼 (zh) (lúyú), 鲈鱼 (zh) (lúyú)

• Czech: okoun (cs) m
• Danish: abborre c
• Dutch: baars (nl) m
• Esperanto: perko
• Estonian: ahven (et)
• Finnish: ahven (fi)
• French: perche (fr) f
• Georgian: ქორჭილა (korč̣ila)
• German: Barsch (de) m
• Greek: πέρκα (el) f (pérka)

  Ancient: πέρκη f (pérkē), ὀρφώς m (orphṓs)

• Hungarian: sügér (hu)
• Icelandic: aborri f
• Ido: perko (io)
• Irish: péirse f
• Italian: pesce persico m, perca (it)
• Japanese: ペルカ (peruka)
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• Latin: perca f
• Latvian: asaris (lv) m
• Macedonian: костреш m (kostreš)
• Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠮᡥᠠ (sahamha)
• Nootka: ƛ̕isapiiḥ, ƛ̕isapaḥ
• Norman: pèrche f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abbor (no)

  Nynorsk: åbor

• Polish: okoń (pl) m
• Portuguese: perca (pt) f
• Romanian: biban (ro) m
• Russian: о́кунь (ru) m (ókunʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гргеч m

  Roman: grgeč (sh) m

• Slovak: okúň m
• Spanish: perca f
• Swedish: abborre (sv) c
• Tatar: алабуга (tt) (alabuğa)
• Turkish: levrek (tr)
• Ukrainian: о́кунь (uk) m (ókunʹ)
• Welsh: draenog m
• West Frisian: bears c

fish in the taxonomic family Percidae

• Armenian: պերկեսազգի (hy) (perkesazgi)
• Finnish: ahven (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: πέρκα (el) f (pérka)
• Italian: luccioperca, sandra (it), luccio (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: pércida m, percídeo m
• Serbo-Croatian: grgeči (sh) m pl
• Spanish: perca f
• Turkish: levrek (tr)

fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes

• Armenian: պերկեսակերպ (perkesakerp)
• Finnish: ahvenkala (fi), ahven (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: πέρκα (el) f (pérka)
• Italian: spigola (it), branzino (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ngarrindjeri: pillulkie
• Portuguese: perciforme m
• Serbo-Croatian: grgečke (sh) f pl
• Turkish: levrek (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} sügér (hu)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} pesce persico
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} perca
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} ešerys m
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} ostriž m

Etymology 2

From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin pertica (“staff”, “long pole”, “measuring rod”).

Noun

perch (plural perches or perch)

1. a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird
   • (Can we date this quote by Tennyson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of winged ambitions.

2. a pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
3. (figurative) a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated
   • 2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys puts a tween spin on the R-rated teen comedy, to mostly funny effect”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1]:

     Last year, Eighth Grade found poignancy and humor in its eponymous time period: that purgatorial perch between childhood and adulthood.

4. (figurative) a position that is overly elevated or haughty
   • 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi‎^[2], II, iv:

     You may thank me, lady:
     I have taken you off your melancholy perch,
     Bore you upon my fist, and show'd you game,
     And let you fly at it.
     I pray thee kiss me.

5. (dated) a linear measure of 5½ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¼ chain; the related square measure
6. a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet
7. (textiles) a frame used to examine cloth
8. a bar used to support a candle (especially in a church)

Derived terms

• knock someone off his perch

Translations

rod used by bird

• Armenian: թառ (hy) (tʻaṙ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棲息／栖息 (zh) (qīxī), 栖息 (zh) (qīxī)

• Danish: siddepind c
• Dutch: stok (nl) m
• Finnish: orsi (fi)
• French: perchoir (fr) m
• Galician: poleiro (gl) m
• German: Hühnerstange f
• Greek: κούρνια (el) f (koúrnia)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: pertica (it) f, trespolo (it) m
• Maori: rongohua, pae
• Polish: grzęda (pl) f
• Portuguese: poleiro (pt)
• Russian: насе́ст (ru) m (nasést), жердь (ru) f (žerdʹ), жёрдочка (ru) f (žórdočka)
• Scottish Gaelic: spiris f
• Swedish: sittpinne c
• Turkish: tünek (tr)
• Walloon: djok (wa) m

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.
2. (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
3. (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
   • 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.

4. (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.

Translations

to rest on a perch, to roost

• Armenian: թառել (hy) (tʻaṙel)
• Finnish: istua orrella
• German: niederlassen (de), setzen (de), niedersetzen (de)
• Greek: κουρνιάζω (el) (kourniázo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: appollaiarsi (it)
• Portuguese: empoleirar-se
• Turkish: tünemek (tr), konmak (tr)

to stay in an elevated position

• Armenian: թառել (hy) (tʻaṙel)
• Finnish: olla korkealla
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• Russian: возвышаться (ru) impf (vozvyšatʹsja)
• Turkish: tünemek (tr)

to place something on a perch

• Finnish: ripustaa (fi), panna orrelle
• Portuguese: empoleirar
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: kondurmak (tr), tünetmek (tr)

to inspect cloth using a perch

• Finnish: tarkastaa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} appollaiarsi (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} jutchi (Jersey)

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Middle English

Noun

perch

1. Alternative form of perche (“pole”)