halibut

halibut

English

halibut

Alternative forms

• hallibut, holibut

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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

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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)
• Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

Translations

fish of genus Hippoglossus

Alutiiq: sagiq 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: ippoglosso m Japanese: オヒョウ (ohyō), 大鮃 (おひょう, ohyō) 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 Portuguese: hipoglosso 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 Turkish: halibut Ukrainian: па́лтус m (páltus) Volapük: holbut

Further reading

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

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English halibut.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.liˈbut/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.liˈbut/

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈli.but/

• Audio

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

Noun

halibut m anim

1. halibut

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Germanic borrowing; see English halibut.

Noun

halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

   Synonym: fletán