"piranha" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɪˈɹɑːn(j)ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɪˈɹɑn(j)ə/ [General-American], /pɪˈɹæn(j)ə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-piranha.wav Forms: piranhas [plural], piranha [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1869. The term entered English either via Portuguese piranha or Spanish piraña, from Old Tupi pirãîa. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1869}} 1869, {{etydate|1869}} First attested in 1869, {{der|en|pt|piranha}} Portuguese piranha, {{der|en|es|piraña}} Spanish piraña, {{der|en|tpw|pirãîa}} Old Tupi pirãîa Head templates: {{en-noun|s|piranha}} piranha (plural piranhas or piranha)
  1. (ichthyology) Any of the carnivorous or frugivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the subfamily Serrasalminae. Wikipedia link: piranha Categories (topical): Ichthyology Categories (lifeform): Characins Synonyms: piraña, pirana, piraya [obsolete] Derived forms: piranha etch, piranha solution, red-bellied piranha, red piranha, social piranha Translations (South American fish): بِيرَانَا (bīrānā) [feminine] (Arabic), পিৰানা (pirana) (Assamese), піра́ння (piránnja) [feminine] (Belarusian), пира́ня (piránja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), piranya [feminine] (Catalan), kas̈hajpa (Chamicuro), 食人鯧 (Chinese Mandarin), 食人鲳 (shírénchāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 水虎魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 水虎鱼 (shuǐhǔyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 比拉魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 比拉鱼 (bǐlāyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 食人魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 食人鱼 (shírényú) (Chinese Mandarin), piraňa [feminine] (Czech), piratfisk [common-gender] (Danish), piranha (Dutch), piranja (Faroese), piraija (Finnish), piranha [masculine] (French), Piranha [masculine] (German), πιράνχας (piránchas) (Greek), pirãi (Guaraní), פיראניה (pirana) [feminine] (Hebrew), पिरान्हा (pirānhā) (Hindi), pirája (Hungarian), piranha (Hungarian), piranha [masculine] (Italian), ピラニア (pirania) (Japanese), 피라냐 (piranya) (Korean), ikan pirana (Malay), pirana (Malay), പിരാന (pirāna) (Malayalam), piraja (Norwegian), piraja [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), piraja [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pirãîa (Old Tupi), پیرانا (pirânâ) (Persian), pirania [feminine] (Polish), piranha [feminine] (Portuguese), pirania [feminine] (Romanian), пира́нья (piránʹja) [feminine] (Russian), piraňa [feminine] (Slovak), piraña [feminine] (Spanish), piren (Sranan Tongo), piraya [common-gender] (Swedish), ปลาปิรันยา (bplaa bpì-ran-yaa) (Thai), pirana (Turkish), піра́нья (piránʹja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cá răng đao (Vietnamese), cá piranha (Vietnamese)
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          "roman": "piránʹja",
          "sense": "South American fish",
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bplaa bpì-ran-yaa",
          "sense": "South American fish",
          "word": "ปลาปิรันยา"
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          "sense": "South American fish",
          "word": "cá răng đao"
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          "sense": "South American fish",
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      "roman": "bīrānā",
      "sense": "South American fish",
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      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "食人鯧"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shírénchāng",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "食人鲳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "水虎魚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐhǔyú",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "水虎鱼"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "比拉魚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐlāyú",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "比拉鱼"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "South American fish",
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      "roman": "shírényú",
      "sense": "South American fish",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "piraňa"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "piratfisk"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "piranha"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "piranja"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "piraija"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "piranha"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Piranha"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "piránchas",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "πιράνχας"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "pirãi"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pirana",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "פיראניה"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pirānhā",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "पिरान्हा"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "pirája"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "piranha"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piranha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pirania",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "ピラニア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "piranya",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "피라냐"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "ikan pirana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "pirana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pirāna",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "പിരാന"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "piraja"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piraja"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "piraja"
    },
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      "code": "tpw",
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "pirãîa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pirânâ",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "پیرانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pirania"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piranha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pirania"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "piránʹja",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пира́нья"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piraňa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piraña"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "piren"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "piraya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bplaa bpì-ran-yaa",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "ปลาปิรันยา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "pirana"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "piránʹja",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "піра́нья"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "cá răng đao"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "South American fish",
      "word": "cá piranha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piranha"
}

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