"bichir" meaning in All languages combined

See bichir on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɪˈʃiːɹ/ [General-American], /biˈʃiːɹ/ [General-American], /ˈbiːʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈbɪʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈbɪtʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈbajkɚ/ [General-American], /ˈbɪtʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bichir.wav Forms: bichirs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From the species epithet of Polypterus bichir taken over in 1802/1803, the years of its collection and description, after Arabic بَشِير (bašīr). Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Polypterus bichir|species}} Polypterus bichir, {{der|en|ar|بَشِير}} Arabic بَشِير (bašīr) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bichir (plural bichirs)
  1. Any of a group of ray-finned fish of the family Polypteridae in the order Polypteriformes. Wikipedia link: bichir Categories (lifeform): Fish Hypernyms: polypterid Hyponyms: cladistian, saddled bichir Translations (fish): بَشِير (bašīr) [masculine] (Arabic), أَبُو بَشِير (ʔabū bašīr) [masculine] (Arabic), βιχήρ ο πολύπτερος (vichír o polýpteros) [masculine] (Greek)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Polypterus bichir",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Polypterus bichir",
      "name": "taxlink"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَشِير"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَشِير (bašīr)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the species epithet of Polypterus bichir taken over in 1802/1803, the years of its collection and description, after Arabic بَشِير (bašīr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bichirs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bichir (plural bichirs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English spelling pronunciations",
          "parents": [
            "Spelling pronunciations",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fish",
          "orig": "en:Fish",
          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of a group of ray-finned fish of the family Polypteridae in the order Polypteriformes."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "polypterid"
        }
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "cladistian"
        },
        {
          "word": "saddled bichir"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-bichir-en-noun-eOrmnKPR",
      "links": [
        [
          "Polypteridae",
          "Polypteridae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Polypteriformes",
          "Polypteriformes#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bašīr",
          "sense": "fish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بَشِير"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔabū bašīr",
          "sense": "fish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "أَبُو بَشِير"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vichír o polýpteros",
          "sense": "fish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "βιχήρ ο πολύπτερος"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "bichir"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈʃiːɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃiːɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiːʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪtʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbajkɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪtʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bichir.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bichir.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bichir.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bichir.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bichir.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪtʃə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bitcher"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "biker"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bichir"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Polypterus bichir",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Polypterus bichir",
      "name": "taxlink"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَشِير"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَشِير (bašīr)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the species epithet of Polypterus bichir taken over in 1802/1803, the years of its collection and description, after Arabic بَشِير (bašīr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bichirs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bichir (plural bichirs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "polypterid"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "cladistian"
    },
    {
      "word": "saddled bichir"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English spelling pronunciations",
        "English terms derived from Arabic",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪtʃə(ɹ)",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪtʃə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "en:Fish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of a group of ray-finned fish of the family Polypteridae in the order Polypteriformes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Polypteridae",
          "Polypteridae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Polypteriformes",
          "Polypteriformes#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "bichir"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈʃiːɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃiːɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiːʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪtʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbajkɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪtʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bichir.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bichir.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bichir.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bichir.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bichir.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪtʃə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bitcher"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "biker"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bašīr",
      "sense": "fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَشِير"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔabū bašīr",
      "sense": "fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَبُو بَشِير"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vichír o polýpteros",
      "sense": "fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βιχήρ ο πολύπτερος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bichir"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bichir meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.