marlin

See also: Marlin

English

Etymology

A contraction of marlinspike, named so because of its pointed snout.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.lɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪn

Noun

marlin (plural marlin or marlins)

Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.

Synonyms

spearfish

Hypernyms

istiophorid

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

game fish with a pointed upper jaw

Bulgarian: мерлин m (merlin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 槍魚 / 枪鱼 (qiāngyú)
Czech: plachetník (cs) m, marlín m
Dutch: zwaardvis (nl) m, zeilvis m, marlijn (nl) m
Esperanto: makajro
Filipino:
Cebuano: malasugi

Tagalog: malasugi, marlin
Finnish: marliini (fi)
French: marlin (fr) m, makaire (fr) m
German: Speerfisch (de) m, Fächerfisch m, Marline m
Indonesian: setuhuk, ikan layaran
Italian: macaira f, marlin (it) m
Japanese: 梶木 (カジキ, kajiki)
Korean: 청새치 (cheongsaechi), 돛새치 (dotsaechi), 기어(旗魚) (ko) (gieo)
Malay: marlin, ikan marlin
Maori: takeketonga
Mokilese: lajkahn
Polish: marlin (pl) m, żaglica f, makaira f
Portuguese: marlim m, espadim m, peixe-vela m, agulhão-de-vela m
Russian: марли́н (ru) m (marlín)
Spanish: aguja (es) m, picudo m, pez vela m
Swedish: spjutfisk c
Thai: กระโทง (th) (grà-toong)
Vietnamese: cá buồm

Anagrams

milRNA, milrna

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French marlin.

Noun

marlin m (plural marlini)

marlin

Declension

Declension of **marlin**
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
	singular			plural
nominative-accusative	marlin	marlinul		marlini	marlinii
genitive-dative	marlin	marlinului		marlini	marlinilor
vocative	marlinule			marlinilor

References

marlin in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN