alevin
See also: alevín
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French alevin.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ăl'-ə-vən, IPA(key): /ˈæl.ə.vən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
alevin (plural alevins)
- Newly hatched fish, especially salmon.
Translations
newly hatched fish
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Anagrams
- Lavine, alvine, leavin', levain, valine, veinal, venial, vineal
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *adlevamen, equivalent to allevare + -men; allevare ("to raise up") took on the sense of "to raise (young)" in Vulgar Latin under the influence of elevare (“to educate”). The -i- reflects the influence of nutrimen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.vɛ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
alevin m (plural alevins)
- alevin
Derived terms
- alevinage
Descendants
- → Catalan: aleví
- → English: alevin
- → Portuguese: alevino, → alevim
- → Spanish: alevín
Further reading
- “alevin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From French alevin.
Noun
alevin m (plural alevini)
- alevin
Declension
Declension of alevin
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) alevin | alevinul | (niște) alevini | alevinii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) alevin | alevinului | (unor) alevini | alevinilor |
| vocative | alevinule | alevinilor | ||
Scots
Numeral
alevin
- Obsolete form of eleiven.