sterlet en · NOUN
Etymology
From Russian сте́рлядь (stérljadʹ).
Meanings
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A smaller, common Eurasian sturgeon, of the species Acipenser ruthenus.
The old prince sat in silence, looking with his glistening little eyes sidewise at Karénin, and Stepán Arkádevich understood that he had concocted some witticism to hurl at the statesman, to whom they were invited as to a sterlet.
1904 [1878], chapter 9, in Leo Wiener, transl., Anna Karénin, Boston: D. Estes & Company, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sterlets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (30)
ja コチョウザメ (species of sturgeon) · ota چوقه بالغی (species of sturgeon) · cv ҫтерлӗк (species of sturgeon) · udm чуке (species of sturgeon) · tt чөгә (species of sturgeon) · hy ստերլետ (species of sturgeon) · kk сүйрiк (species of sturgeon) · ro cegă (species of sturgeon) · ka ცქვრინი (species of sturgeon) · hu kecsege (species of sturgeon) · de Sterlet (species of sturgeon) · cv ҫӗкӗ (species of sturgeon) · sv sterlett (species of sturgeon) · de Stör (species of sturgeon) · ru сте́рлядь (species of sturgeon) · bg чига (species of sturgeon) · az çökə (species of sturgeon) · hy չուքա (species of sturgeon) · mhr сӱгӧ (species of sturgeon) · az çökəbalığı (species of sturgeon) · eo sterledo (species of sturgeon) · sh kèčiga /кѐчига (species of sturgeon) · fi sterletti (species of sturgeon) · es esturión esterlete (species of sturgeon) · tr çuka balığı (species of sturgeon) · mhr сӱгыгол (species of sturgeon) · la helops (species of sturgeon) · xal шигрлү (species of sturgeon) · mrj стерляк (species of sturgeon) · mhr нуран (species of sturgeon)