herring en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɛɹɪŋ/
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Etymology
From Middle English hering, from Old English hǣring, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring (“herring”), further etymology unknown. Possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”) + -ing, due to the similarity of their fine bones to hair. Cognate with Scots hering, haring (“herring”), Saterland Frisian Hiering, Häiring (“herring”), West Frisian hjerring (“herring”), Dutch haring (“herring”), German Low German Hereng, Hering (“herring”), German Hering (“herring”), Bavarian Haring (“herring”). Late Latin haringus (whence French hareng, etc.) is borrowed from Germanic.
Meanings
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A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- Fish in the family Clupeidae.
- Those fish and any other fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| herring | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| herrings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
herring under a fur coat · herringer · longfin herring · European herring gull · herringlike · matjes herring · cucumber herring · oxeye herring · wolf herring · Baltic herring · herring worm · round herring · white herring · herring cale · Bismarck herring · lake herring · denticle herring · thread herring · rock herring · herring-bone · Picton herring · red herring prospectus · herring pond · pickle-herring · Atlantic herring · herring gull · herringless · dead as a herring · herringbone · English herring · herring-gutted · red herring · dressed herring · Pacific herring
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Translations (102)
fy hjerring (fish in Clupea) · gl arenga (fish in Clupea) · ckt нучут (fish in Clupea) · wa inglitin (fish in Clupea) · ja 鰊 (fish in Clupea) · se sildi (fish in Clupea) · sh харинга (fish in Clupea) · hy ծովատառեխ (fish in Clupea) · gd sgadan (fish in Clupea) · it aringa (fish in Clupea) · dsb jerjeg (fish in Clupea) · hsb harjenk (fish in Clupea) · io haringo (fish in Clupea) · lv reņģe (fish in Clupea) · nb sild (fish in Clupea) · nrf héthan (fish in Clupea) · kk майшабақ (fish in Clupea) · cmn 鯡魚 /鲱鱼 (fish in Clupea) · nuk ƛusmit (fish in Clupea) · el ρέγγα (fish in Clupea) · sq harengë (fish in Clupea) · stq Hiering (fish in Clupea) · sh sleđ (fish in Clupea) · fi silakka (fish in Clupea) · ga scadán (fish in Clupea) · non síl (fish in Clupea) · fi haili (fish in Clupea) · he דג מלוח (fish in Clupea) · sh haringa (fish in Clupea) · vi cá trích (fish in Clupea) · fr hareng (fish in Clupea) · cy ysgadan (fish in Clupea) · fa شاهماهی (fish in Clupea) · eo haringo (fish in Clupea) · pl śledź (fish in Clupea) · la chalcis (fish in Clupea) · gv skeddan (fish in Clupea) · mi aua (fish in Clupea) · vo hareng (fish in Clupea) · nn sild (fish in Clupea) · yue 希靈魚 /希灵鱼 (fish in Clupea) · be селядзе́ц (fish in Clupea) · pt arenque (fish in Clupea) · hu hering (fish in Clupea) · az siyənək (fish in Clupea) · fo sild (fish in Clupea) · alt кызык (fish in Clupea) · kw hernen wynn (fish in Clupea) · rsk гаринґа (fish in Clupea) · cs sleď (fish in Clupea) · lb Hierk (fish in Clupea) · tr ringa (fish in Clupea) · la allec (fish in Clupea) · bg хе́ринга (fish in Clupea) · sv strömming (fish in Clupea) · xsv sīlecke (fish in Clupea) · vec renga (fish in Clupea) · fi silli (fish in Clupea) · es arenque (fish in Clupea) · nl haring (fish in Clupea) · yi הערינג (fish in Clupea) · ko 청어 (fish in Clupea) · izh seldi (fish in Clupea) · he מָלִיחַ (fish in Clupea) · el ρέγκα (fish in Clupea) · et heeringas (fish in Clupea) · cy pennog (fish in Clupea) · wa soret (fish in Clupea) · lt silkė (fish in Clupea) · ru сельдь (fish in Clupea) · is síld (fish in Clupea) · ru селёдка (fish in Clupea) · sl sled (fish in Clupea) · ca areng (fish in Clupea) · aeb رنڨة (fish in Clupea) · non síld (fish in Clupea) · nrf ĥéren (fish in Clupea) · gl arengue (fish in Clupea) · mk харинга (fish in Clupea) · la merlucius (fish in Clupea) · dsb jerježk (fish in Clupea) · ar رنكة (fish in Clupea) · la haringus (fish in Clupea) · sh слеђ (fish in Clupea) · de Hering (fish in Clupea) · vo rün (fish in Clupea) · wa herin (fish in Clupea) · gv ree ny marrey (fish in Clupea) · ja ニシン (fish in Clupea) · kl ammassassuaq (fish in Clupea) · ro hering (fish in Clupea) · ckt нучунуч (fish in Clupea) · da sild (fish in Clupea) · sk sleď (fish in Clupea) · tk takgaz (fish in Clupea) · nrf herreng (fish in Clupea) · hsb jerij (fish in Clupea) · sv sill (fish in Clupea) · lv strimala (fish in Clupea) · arz رنجة (fish in Clupea) · lv siļķe (fish in Clupea) · uk оселе́дець (fish in Clupea)