"halibut" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/, /ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-halibut.wav [Southern-England] Forms: halibuts [plural], halibut [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *halibutt, equivalent to holy + but (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Compare Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte. Compare also Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*halibutt}} Middle English *halibutt, {{compound|en|holy|butt#Etymology 4|alt2=but|t2=flatfish}} holy + but (“flatfish”), {{cog|nl|heilbot}} Dutch heilbot, {{cog|de|Heiligbutt}} German Heiligbutt, {{m|de|Heilbutt}} Heilbutt, {{m|de|Heilbutte}} Heilbutte, {{cog|da|helleflynder}} Danish helleflynder, {{cog|sv|helgeflundra}} Swedish helgeflundra Head templates: {{en-noun|s|halibut}} halibut (plural halibuts or halibut)
  1. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically. Wikipedia link: halibut Categories (lifeform): Flatfish Synonyms: hallibut, holibut, halibutt, holibutt Derived forms: Atlantic halibut (taxonomic: Hippoglossus hippoglossus), bastard halibut, California halibut, Greenland halibut, Monterey halibut, Pacific halibut (taxonomic: Hippoglossus stenolepis) Translations (fish of genus Hippoglossus): chagix̂ (Aleut), sagiq (Alutiiq), هَلْبُوت (halbūt) [masculine] (Arabic), па́лтус (páltus) [masculine] (Belarusian), камбала (kambala) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 大比目魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 大比目鱼 (dàbǐmùyú) (Chinese Mandarin), platýs [masculine] (Czech), helleflynder (Danish), heilbot [masculine] (Dutch), kalvi (Faroese), ruijanpallas (Finnish), flétan [masculine] (French), elbot [Belgium, masculine] (French), fletán [masculine] (Galician), Heilbutt [masculine] (German), Heiligbutt [masculine] (German), Heiligenbutt [masculine] (German), Pferdezunge (German), Riesenscholle (German), laposhal (Hungarian), lúða [feminine] (Icelandic), heilagfiski [masculine] (Icelandic), flyðra [feminine] (Icelandic), haileabó [masculine] (Irish), ippoglosso [masculine] (Italian), オヒョウ (ohyō) (Japanese), 大鮃 (ohyō) (alt: おひょう) (Japanese), sčútχ (Lushootseed), halibut (Malay), danogan (Maranao), p̕uuʔi (Nootka), bálddis (Northern Sami), kveite [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hellefisk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kveite [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hellefisk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), halibut [masculine] (Polish), kulbak [masculine] (Polish), hipoglosso [masculine] (Portuguese), cambulă [feminine] (Romanian), limbă-de-cal [feminine] (Romanian), calcan-sfânt [masculine] (Romanian), па́лтус (páltus) [masculine] (Russian), bradan-leathann [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), pacach-cearr (Scottish Gaelic), fletán [masculine] (Spanish), pez mantequilla [masculine] (Spanish), hipogloso [masculine] (Spanish), paltus [masculine] (Spanish), halibut [masculine] (Spanish), hälleflundra [common-gender] (Swedish), helgeflundra [common-gender] (Swedish), halibut (Turkish), па́лтус (páltus) [masculine] (Ukrainian), holbut (Volapük)

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        "2": "helleflynder"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish helleflynder",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "helgeflundra"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish helgeflundra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "halibuts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halibut",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "halibut"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "Belarusian links with redundant target parameters",
        "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English indeclinable nouns",
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        "English links with manual fragments",
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        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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        "English terms with audio links",
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        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ukrainian links with redundant target parameters",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Flatfish"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV",
          "text": "[...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flatfish",
          "flatfish"
        ],
        [
          "Hippoglossus",
          "Hippoglossus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "halibut"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hallibut"
    },
    {
      "word": "holibut"
    },
    {
      "word": "halibutt"
    },
    {
      "word": "holibutt"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ale",
      "lang": "Aleut",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "chagix̂"
    },
    {
      "code": "ems",
      "lang": "Alutiiq",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "sagiq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "halbūt",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "هَلْبُوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "páltus",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́лтус"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kambala",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "камбала"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "大比目魚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàbǐmùyú",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "大比目鱼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "platýs"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "helleflynder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heilbot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "kalvi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "ruijanpallas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flétan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elbot"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fletán"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heilbutt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heiligbutt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heiligenbutt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "Pferdezunge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "Riesenscholle"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "laposhal"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lúða"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heilagfiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flyðra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haileabó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ippoglosso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ohyō",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "オヒョウ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おひょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ohyō",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "大鮃"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "sčútχ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "halibut"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrw",
      "lang": "Maranao",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "danogan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nuk",
      "lang": "Nootka",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "p̕uuʔi"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "bálddis"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kveite"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hellefisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kveite"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hellefisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halibut"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kulbak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipoglosso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cambulă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limbă-de-cal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "calcan-sfânt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "páltus",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́лтус"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bradan-leathann"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "pacach-cearr"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fletán"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pez mantequilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipogloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paltus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halibut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hälleflundra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "helgeflundra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "halibut"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "páltus",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́лтус"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "holbut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "halibut"
}

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