huso

From German Hausen and English isinglass.

huso (plural husos)

1. A large European sturgeon (Huso huso), inhabiting the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; the beluga.
2. The huchen, a large salmon.

• “huso”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Hous., Huos, ohus

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦuso]

huso

1. vocative singular of husa

Borrowed from Old High German hūso or its antecedent Proto-West Germanic *hūsō, as no name (of certain meaning) for the fish was transmitted from classical antiquity.

hūsō m (genitive hūsōnis); third declension

1. sturgeon

Third-declension noun.

• hūs, huso

Unknown. Akin to Middle Low German hūse, hūsen, Middle Dutch huus.

hūso m

1. sturgeon and other fish

• Middle High German: hūse
  • German: Hausen, Hause (archaic)
    • → English: hawsom (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuso]

huso f

1. vocative singular of husă

Inherited from Latin fūsus. Cognate with English fuse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈuso/ [ˈu.so]
• Rhymes: -uso
• Syllabification: hu‧so
• Homophone: uso

huso m (plural husos)

1. spindle

• “huso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024