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halibut en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/

Etymology

From Middle English halibut, equivalent to holy + butt (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Cognate with Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte, Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra, and Norwegian Nynorsk hellefisk.

Meanings

1. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
   • [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut. 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV:

Forms

Deriveds

bastard halibut · Greenland halibut · halibuter · Pacific halibut · Atlantic halibut · Monterey halibut · California halibut · haliver oil

Translations (65)

bg камбала (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ro cambulă (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ems sagiq (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · de Pferdezunge (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · pl halibut (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · uk па́лтус (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ms halibut (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · cs platýs (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · nb kveite (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · es halibut (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · fi ruijanpallas (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ale chagix̂ (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · dsb halibut (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ja オヒョウ (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · gd pacach-cearr (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · it halibut (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · da helleflynder (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · mrw danogan (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · pt halibute (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · nuk p̕uuʔi (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ja 大鮃 (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · pt alabote (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · sv helgeflundra (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ar هَلْبُوت (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · nn hellefisk (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · pl kulbak (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ro limbă-de-cal (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · it fletano (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · fr elbot (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ru па́лтус (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · hu laposhal (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · es hipogloso (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · es pez mantequilla (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · be па́лтус (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ga haileabó (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · fr flétan (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · ro calcan-sfânt (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · lut sčútχ (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · fo kalvi (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · gd bradan-leathann (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · is heilagfiski (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · gl fletán (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · vo holbut (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · de Heilbutt (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · is flyðra (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · eo hipogloso (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · es paltus (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · de Heiligbutt (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · tr halibut (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · tli cháatl (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · cy lleden Ffrengig (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · is lúða (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · se bálddis (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · de Heiligenbutt (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · de Riesenscholle (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · sv hälleflundra (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · it ippoglosso (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · cmn 大比目魚 /大比目鱼 (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · nb hellefisk (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · la hippoglōssus (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · es fletán (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · nn kveite (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · nl heilbot (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · pt hipoglosso (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus) · hy վահանաձուկ (flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus)