halibut

English

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halibut

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• hallibut, holibut, halibutt, holibutt

Etymology

From Middle English *halibutt, equivalent to holy +‎ but (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Compare Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte. Compare also Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra and Norwegian Nynorsk hellefisk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/, /ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

halibut (plural halibuts or halibut)

1. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV:

     [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.

Derived terms

• Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
• bastard halibut
• California halibut
• Greenland halibut
• halibuter
• haliver oil
• Monterey halibut
• Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

Translations

fish of genus Hippoglossus

Aleut: chagix̂ Alutiiq: sagiq Arabic: هَلْبُوت m (halbūt) Armenian: վահանաձուկ (hy) (vahanajuk) Belarusian: па́лтус m (páltus) Bulgarian: камбала f (kambala) Chinese: Mandarin: 大比目魚 / 大比目鱼 (zh) (dàbǐmùyú) Czech: platýs (cs) m Danish: helleflynder Dutch: heilbot (nl) m Faroese: kalvi (fo) Finnish: ruijanpallas (fi) French: flétan (fr) m, elbot (fr) m (Belgium) Galician: fletán (gl) m German: Heilbutt (de) m, Heiligbutt m, Heiligenbutt m, Pferdezunge, Riesenscholle Hungarian: laposhal Icelandic: lúða (is) f, heilagfiski m, flyðra (is) f Irish: haileabó m Italian: halibut (it) m, ippoglosso (it) m, fletano m (rare) Japanese: オヒョウ (ja) (ohyō), 大鮃 (おひょう, ohyō) Latin: hippoglōssus m Lutshootseed: sčútχ Malay: halibut Maranao: danogan Nootka: p̕uuʔi Northern Sami: bálddis Norwegian: Bokmål: kveite m or f, hellefisk m Nynorsk: kveite f, hellefisk m Polish: halibut (pl) m, kulbak m Portuguese: hipoglosso (pt) m, halibute (pt) m, alabote (pt) m Romanian: cambulă (ro) f, limbă-de-cal f, calcan-sfânt m Russian: па́лтус (ru) m (páltus) Scottish Gaelic: bradan-leathann m, pacach-cearr Spanish: fletán (es) m, pez mantequilla m, hipogloso m, paltus m, halibut (es) m Swedish: hälleflundra (sv) c, helgeflundra (sv) c Tlingit: cháatl Turkish: halibut Ukrainian: па́лтус m (páltus) Volapük: holbut

Further reading

• halibut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hippoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

halibut

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology

Borrowed from English halibut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.liˈβut]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.liˈbut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.liˈbut]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

Derived terms

• halibut de l'Atlàntic
• halibut del Pacífic
• halibut negre

Further reading

• “halibut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

halibut

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from English halibut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

halibut m (invariable)

1. halibut

   Synonyms: ippoglosso, (rare) fletano

Middle English

Alternative forms

• halybutte, halybut

Etymology

From hali +‎ butt, as the fish was often traditionally consumed on holy days.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːlibut/, /ˈhalibut/

Noun

halibutt (plural halibuttes)

1. A halibut.
2. Fishes similar to the halibut.

Descendants

• English: halibut, hallibut, holibut, halibutt, holibutt
• Scots: halibutte, halybutt

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

halibut

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English halibut, from Middle English *halibutt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈli.but/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ibut
• Syllabification: ha‧li‧but

Noun

halibut m animal

1. halibut

   Synonym: kulbak

Declension

Declension of halibut

	singular	plural
nominative	halibut	halibuty
genitive	halibuta	halibutów
dative	halibutowi	halibutom
accusative	halibuta	halibuty
instrumental	halibutem	halibutami
locative	halibucie	halibutach
vocative	halibucie	halibuty

Further reading

• halibut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• halibut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Germanic; see English halibut.

Noun

halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

   Synonym: fletán