שווערד-פֿיש

Yiddish

Etymology

Literally: "Sword-fish".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvɛrtˌfɪʃ/
• Hyphenation: שווערד-פֿיש

Noun

שווערד-פֿיש • (shverd-fish) m, plural שווערד-פֿיש (shverd-fish) or שווערד-פֿישן (shverd-fishn)

1. swordfish

References

• Paul Abelson (1915) “swordfish”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press, page 1472