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haddock

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English

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drawing of a haddock
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Etymology

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From Middle English haddok. Compare Anglo-Norman hadoc from Old French hadot, probably from an English source.[1][2] Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (to prepare), cognate with Italian addobbare (to souse fish or meat).[3]

The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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haddock (plural haddock or haddocks)

  1. A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: cadóg
  • Japanese: ハドック (hadokku)
  • Portuguese: hadoque
  • Scottish Gaelic: adag
  • Welsh: hadog

Translations

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References

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English haddock.

Noun

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haddock m (plural haddocks)

  1. Alternative form of hadoque