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sardine en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /sɑːˈdiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /sɑɹˈdin/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

Meanings

  1. Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden, and many canned sardines in America are sprats.
    • Near-synonym: pilchard (broad sense)
    • They feasted on premium sardines packed in olive oil, as did their hunting dogs, who insisted on joining the meal.
  2. (figuratively) Someone packed or crammed into a small space.
    • They watched bemused as countless sardines disgorged from a railway car that was never designed to hold so many passengers.

Forms

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sardines Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

white sardine · Indian oil sardine · Pacific sardine · sardiney · smoothbelly sardine · rainbox sardine · sardinella · sardiner · river sardine · sardine cisco · sardinewise · California sardine · Spanish sardine · Lake Tanganyika sardine · Chilean sardine · Marguesan sardine · scaled sardine · sardinelike · oil sardine · bombon sardine · orangespot sardine · freshwater sardine · Madeiran sardine · gilt sardine · true sardine · Lake Malawi sardine · red-ear sardine · packed like sardines

Descendants

sardîn

Hypernyms

fish · creature · herring · animal

Synonyms

pilchard

Translations (90)

hy սարդինաձուկ (fish) · ca sardina (fish) · ru иваси́ (fish) · vi cá mòi (fish) · fi sardiini (fish) · hu szardínia (fish) · sh sàrdela (fish) · gl xouba (fish) · sv sardin (fish) · ar صَحْنَاة (fish) · gl sardiña (fish) · vec sardeła (fish) · gu સાર્ડીન (fish) · kw hernen (fish) · ms sardin (fish) · ga sairdín (fish) · pl sardynka (fish) · ro sardină (fish) · cmn 鰮魚 /鳁鱼 (fish) · cmn 鰮鱼 (fish) · uk сардинка (fish) · kn ಸಾರ್ಡೀನ್ (fish) · de Sardine (fish) · ar صِحْنَاة (fish) · grc σαρδίνη (fish) · pl sardyna (fish) · cy pennog Mair (fish) · pms sardin-a (fish) · gd geilmhin (fish) · yue 沙甸魚 /沙甸鱼 (fish) · cs sardinka (fish) · si සාර්ඩීන් (fish) · mfe sardinn (fish) · ru сарди́на (fish) · ko 정어리 (fish) · fr sardine (fish) · it sarda (fish) · pt sardinha (fish) · nrf sardène (fish) · it sardella (fish) · cmn 沙丁魚 /沙丁鱼 (fish) · sw sardini (fish) · ar سَرْدِين (fish) · he סֻלְתָּנִית (fish) · vec sarda (fish) · mk сарди́на (fish) · nb sardin (fish) · ur سارڈین (fish) · mi mohimohi (fish) · gd sàrdan (fish) · it sardina (fish) · tl sardinas (fish) · id sarden (fish) · nan-hbl 鰮仔魚 /鳁仔鱼 (fish) · sh са̀рдела (fish) · bn সার্ডীন (fish) · bg сарди́на (fish) · da sardin (fish) · ja(fish) · hi सार्डीन (fish) · af sardyn (fish) · la sardīna (fish) · cmn 鰮 /鳁/鰛 /鳁 (fish) · gd pillsear (fish) · ta ஸார்டீன் (fish) · ka სარდინი (fish) · io sardino (fish) · pl pilchard (fish) · mic so'qomu'j (fish) · ccc apejta (fish) · gv sardeen (fish) · ja イワシ (fish) · nrf sardaenne (fish) · ast sardina (fish) · te సార్డీన్ (fish) · scn sarda (fish) · la sarda (fish) · ja マイワシ (fish) · ja サーディン (fish) · he סלתנית \ סַלְתָּנִית (fish) · tr sardalya (fish) · gv pilshynagh (fish) · nrf sardinne (fish) · nn sardin (fish) · es sardina (fish) · nl sardien (fish) · eo sardino (fish) · cy sardîn (fish) · el σαρδέλα (fish) · cmn 沙丁 (fish)

wikidata: Q5141254

sardine en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /sɑːˈdiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /sɑɹˈdin/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, literally) To fish for sardines.
    • No one on Monhegan says they saw them, but a man sardining says he saw it headed there, or at least some boat with people atop it. 1997, Peter Landesman, The raven: a novel:
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to pack or cram together tightly.
    • Would it be unbearably elitist to suggest that they would be more enjoyable still if the director removed a row or two of chairs, instead of sardining as many listeners as possible into the intimate music room? 1986, The New Yorker - Volumen 62:
    • There were already six members of the Nureyev family living in a room sixteen meters square, the children sardined on one mattress on the floor, their parents separated by only a curtain. 2007, Julie Kavanagh, Nureyev: The Life:
    • Six-foot- four McMichael (a past master at the art of sardining) not only crammed enough clothes for the trip into the mighty midget, but carried a full set of golf clubs and a banjo, as well! 1954, Tom McCahill, The modern sports car:

Forms

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sardining Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sardined Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sardined Tense=Past lexicographic
sardines Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

sardine en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /sɑːˈdiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /sɑɹˈdin/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Pliny states that its name was ultimately derived from Sardis, in Lydia, where the sard was first discovered; but probably ultimately derived from Persian sered ("yellowish-red").

Meanings

  1. Characteristic of a sardius.
    • And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 4:3:

Forms

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most sardine Degree=Sup lexicographic
more sardine Degree=Cmp lexicographic

sardine en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /sɑːˈdiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /sɑɹˈdin/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Pliny states that its name was ultimately derived from Sardis, in Lydia, where the sard was first discovered; but probably ultimately derived from Persian sered ("yellowish-red").

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Carnelian.
  2. Dark-brown sard.

Forms

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sardines Number=Plur lexicographic