fishhook

See also: fish hook

English

Different types of fish hooks

Alternative forms

fish hook

Etymology

From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish +‎ hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/
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Noun

fishhook (plural fishhooks)

a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
Synonyms: angle, fishing hook, hook
(slang) a jack (the playing card)

Translations

barbed hook for fishing

Arabic: خَطَّاف‎ m (ḵaṭṭāf)
Armenian: կարթ (hy) (kartʿ)
Assamese: বৰশী (boroxi)
Azerbaijani: çəngəl (az)
Basque: amu
Belarusian: кручо́к m (kručók)
Bikol Central: banwit (bcl)
Breton: bac'h (br) m
Bulgarian: ку́ка (bg) f (kúka)
Catalan: ham (ca) m
Chamicuro: c̈ho'kapeli
Cherokee: ᏑᏗ (sudi)
Chichewa: mbedza nsomba
Chinese:
Mandarin: 釣鉤／钓钩 (zh) (diàogōu), 魚鉤／鱼钩 (zh) (yúgōu)
Cornish: bagh m
Czech: háček (cs) m
Danish: fiskekrog, krog (da) c
Dutch: vishaak (nl), haak (nl)
Esperanto: fiŝhoko
Finnish: ongenkoukku (fi), koukku (fi)
French: hameçon (fr) m
Galician: anzol (gl) m, amocelo m, brinca (gl) f
Gallurese: amu
Georgian: კაუჭი (ḳauč̣i), ანკესი (anḳesi)
German: Angelhaken (de) m, Haken (de) m
Greek: αγκίστρι (el) n (agkístri)
Ancient: ἄγκιστρον n (ánkistron)
Hausa: fatsa (ha) f
Hungarian: horog (hu)
Ido: angelo (io)
Indonesian: mata kail (id)
Interlingua: hamo
Irish: duán (ga) m
Old Irish: ǽcath
Italian: amo (it) m
Japanese: 釣り針 (ja) (つりばり, tsuribari), 釣り鉤 (つりばり, tsuribari)
Khmer: ផ្លែសន្ទូច (plae sɑntuuc)
Korean: 낚시 (ko) (naksi)
Latin: hāmus m
Latvian: āķis m
Lithuanian: kabliukas m, vąšelis m
Macedonian: ја́дица f (jádica)
Malay: mata kail
Malayalam: ചൂണ്ട (ml) (cūṇṭa)
Maltese: ganċ tal-ħut
Maori: pohau, matau, maka
Maranao: banayaw
Mongolian: загасны дэгээ (zagasny degee)
Ngazidja Comorian: iloo class 7/8
Norman: ain m, cro m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: angel (no), fiskekrok (no)
Nynorsk: ongul, ongel
Old English: angol m
Ottoman Turkish: زوقه‎ (zoqa)
Persian: قلاب ماهیگیری‎ (qollâb mâhigiri)
Polabian: anďėl m
Polish: haczyk wędkarski m, haczyk (pl) m
Portuguese: anzol (pt) m
Rapa Nui: mangai
Romanian: cârlig (ro) n
Russian: рыболо́вный крючо́к m (rybolóvnyj krjučók), крючо́к (ru) m (krjučók)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: amu, gàmu
Logudorese: amu
Sassarese: amu
Scots: heuk
Scottish Gaelic: dubhan-iasgaich m, dubhan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̏дица f
Roman: ȕdica (sh) f
Slovak: háčik m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kokulka f
Upper Sorbian: kótwička f
Spanish: hamo (es) m, anzuelo (es) m
Swedish: fiskkrok c, krok (sv) c
Tagalog: bingwit
Tausug: bingit
Telugu: గాలము (te) (gālamu), గాలం (gālaṁ)
Thai: เบ็ดตกปลา
Ukrainian: га́чок m (háčok)
Vietnamese: lưỡi câu (vi), móc câu (vi)
Volapük: fitahuk (vo)
Welsh: bach (cy) m
Yakan: pessi

References

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN