barracuda
English
Etymology
First attested in the 1670s, from Latin American Spanish barracuda, perhaps from a Cariban word.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbæɹəˈkuːdə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -uːdə
Noun
barracuda (plural barracuda or barracudas)
- Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.
- (figuratively) One who uses harsh or predatory means to compete.
Derived terms
- yellowtail barracuda
Translations
marine fish
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predatory competitor — see shark
See also
- barracouta
Further reading
- barracuda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sphyraena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- barracuda at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
From Spanish barracuda.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /bə.rəˈku.də/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ba.raˈku.da/
Noun
barracuda f (plural barracudes)
- barracuda
Further reading
- “barracuda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English barracuda. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɑ.raːˈky.daː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧cu‧da
Noun
barracuda f (plural barracuda's)
- barracuda, fish of the genus Sphyraena
- Synonym: zeesnoek
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.ʁa.ky.da/, /ba.ʁa.ku.da/
Noun
barracuda m (plural barracudas)
- barracuda
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish barracuda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bar.raˈku.da/
- Rhymes: -uda
- Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧cù‧da
Noun
barracuda m (invariable)
- barracuda
Further reading
- barracuda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
From Spanish barracuda.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ʁaˈku.dɐ/ [ba.haˈku.dɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.ʁaˈku.dɐ/ [ba.χaˈku.dɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ʁaˈku.da/ [ba.haˈku.da]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.ʁɐˈku.dɐ/ [bɐ.ʁɐˈku.ðɐ]
Noun
barracuda f (plural barracudas)
- barracuda (large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena)
Further reading
- “barracuda” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown, perhaps from a Cariban term. According to Watkins, from Valencian/Catalan barracó (“snaggletooth”); see barraca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baraˈkuda/ [ba.raˈku.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -uda
- Syllabification: ba‧rra‧cu‧da
Noun
barracuda f (plural barracudas)
- (zoology) barracuda
- Synonym: picuda
Descendants
- → Cebuano: barakuda
- → English: barracuda
- → Italian: barracuda
- → Portuguese: barracuda
Further reading
- “barracuda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “barracuda”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.