marlin

See also: Marlin

English

White Marlin leaping

Etymology

A contraction of marlinspike, named so because of its pointed snout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.lɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪn

Noun

marlin (plural marlin or marlins)

1. Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.

Synonyms

• spearfish

Hypernyms

• istiophorid

Coordinate terms

• sailfish
• swordfish

Derived terms

• blue marlin
• marlinspike
• striped marlin
• white marlin

 

Translations

game fish with a pointed upper jaw

• Bulgarian: мерлин m (merlin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 槍魚／枪鱼 (qiāngyú)

• Czech: plachetník (cs) m, marlín m
• Dutch: zwaardvis (nl) m, zeilvis m, marlijn (nl) m
• Esperanto: makajro
• Filipino:

  Cebuano: malasugi

  Tagalog: malasugi, marlin

• Finnish: marliini (fi)
• French: marlin (fr) m, makaire (fr) m
• German: Speerfisch (de) m, Fächerfisch m, Marline m
• Indonesian: setuhuk, ikan layaran
• Italian: macaira m, marlin (it) m
• Japanese: 梶木 (カジキ, kajiki)
• Korean: 청새치 (cheongsaechi), 돛새치 (dotsaechi), 기어(旗魚) (ko) (gieo)
• Malay: marlin, ikan marlin
• Maori: takeketonga
• Mokilese: lajkahn
• Polish: marlin (pl) m, żaglica f, makaira f
• Portuguese: marlim m, espadim m, peixe-vela m, agulhão-de-vela m
• Russian: марли́н (ru) m (marlín)
• Spanish: aguja (es) m, picudo m, pez vela m
• Swedish: spjutfisk c
• Thai: กระโทง (th) (grà-toong)
• Vietnamese: cá buồm

Anagrams

• milRNA, milrna

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French marlin.

Noun

marlin m (plural marlini)

1. marlin

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	marlin	marlinul		marlini	marlinii
genitive-dative	marlin	marlinului		marlini	marlinilor
vocative	marlinule			marlinilor

References

• marlin in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN