"halibut" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/, /ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-halibut.wav 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, {{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), վահանաձուկ (vahanajuk) (Armenian), 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), halibut [masculine] (Italian), 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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          "code": "ale",
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          "word": "chagix̂"
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          "word": "halibut"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "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"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "halibut"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "halibut"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "taxonomic": "Hippoglossus hippoglossus",
      "word": "Atlantic halibut"
    },
    {
      "word": "bastard halibut"
    },
    {
      "word": "California halibut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Greenland halibut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Monterey halibut"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Hippoglossus stenolepis",
      "word": "Pacific halibut"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "*halibutt"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "holy",
        "3": "butt#Etymology 4",
        "alt2": "but",
        "t2": "flatfish"
      },
      "expansion": "holy + but (“flatfish”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "heilbot"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch heilbot",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Heiligbutt"
      },
      "expansion": "German Heiligbutt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "helleflynder"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish helleflynder",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "helgeflundra"
      },
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      "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"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
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        "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English indeclinable nouns",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Aleut translations",
        "Terms with Alutiiq translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Lushootseed translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maranao translations",
        "Terms with Nootka translations",
        "Terms with Northern Sami translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
        "Ukrainian links with redundant target parameters",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Flatfish"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flatfish",
          "flatfish"
        ],
        [
          "Hippoglossus",
          "Hippoglossus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "halibut"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "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": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vahanajuk",
      "sense": "fish of genus Hippoglossus",
      "word": "վահանաձուկ"
    },
    {
      "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": "halibut"
    },
    {
      "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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