swordfish en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsɔː(ɹ)dfɪʃ/
Etymology
From Middle English swerdfysche, from Old English *sweordfisċ. Equivalent to sword + fish.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:One reason, the department suggested, was that affluent New Yorkers were likely to eat expensive fish high in mercury, like swordfish and tuna.
2008 January 30, Nick Fox, “Taking Worry Off the Plate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 May 2021:
- (countable, uncountable) A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| swordfishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| swordfish | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Chinese swordfish · swordie · swordfish sucker
Synonyms
Translations (95)
grc ξιφίας (Xiphias gladius) · es alfanje (Xiphias gladius) · eo spadofiŝo (Xiphias gladius) · id todak (Xiphias gladius) · sv svärdfisk (Xiphias gladius) · eu ezpata-arrain (Xiphias gladius) · gl peixe espada (Xiphias gladius) · tl dugso (Xiphias gladius) · scn spatu (Xiphias gladius) · kk семсер балық (Xiphias gladius) · ota قلج بالغی (Xiphias gladius) · la xiphiās (Xiphias gladius) · fr espadon (Xiphias gladius) · is sverðfiskur (Xiphias gladius) · cs mečoun (Xiphias gladius) · cy cleddbysgodyn (Xiphias gladius) · es jifia (Xiphias gladius) · ms todak (Xiphias gladius) · mkj daklar (Xiphias gladius) · uk ри́ба-ме́ч (Xiphias gladius) · no sverdfisk (Xiphias gladius) · sk mečúň (Xiphias gladius) · et mõõkkala (Xiphias gladius) · pt peixe espada (Xiphias gladius) · th ปลากระโทงดาบ (Xiphias gladius) · lt durklažuvė (Xiphias gladius) · hi तेगा मछली (Xiphias gladius) · kl panaasalik (Xiphias gladius) · el ξιφίας (Xiphias gladius) · sh sabljarka (Xiphias gladius) · hu kardhal (Xiphias gladius) · pl ryba miecz (Xiphias gladius) · scn pisci spata (Xiphias gladius) · ca peix espasa (Xiphias gladius) · mi takeketonga (Xiphias gladius) · tl isdang-ispada (Xiphias gladius) · ast pexe espada (Xiphias gladius) · ru ры́ба-ме́ч (Xiphias gladius) · ast aguya del paladar (Xiphias gladius) · he דַּג–חֶרֶב (Xiphias gladius) · pl włócznik (Xiphias gladius) · lij péscio spâ (Xiphias gladius) · es albacora (Xiphias gladius) · it pesce spada (Xiphias gladius) · ca emperador (Xiphias gladius) · io espadofisho (Xiphias gladius) · lv zobenzivs (Xiphias gladius) · fa شمشیرماهی (Xiphias gladius) · he חִלְפִּית (Xiphias gladius) · ky селебебалык (Xiphias gladius) · es pez emperador (Xiphias gladius) · ga colgán (Xiphias gladius) · mi paea (Xiphias gladius) · kn ಕತ್ತಿ ಮೀನು (Xiphias gladius) · nl zwaardvis (Xiphias gladius) · grc θρανίας (Xiphias gladius) · az qılınc balığı (Xiphias gladius) · sm sa'ulā (Xiphias gladius) · ro pește spadă (Xiphias gladius) · pt espadarte (Xiphias gladius) · sh сабљарка (Xiphias gladius) · cy pysgod cleddyf (Xiphias gladius) · ja 目梶木 (Xiphias gladius) · es pez espada (Xiphias gladius) · dv ތުންގަނޑު ހިބަރު (Xiphias gladius) · sl sabljarka (Xiphias gladius) · fo svørðfiskur (Xiphias gladius) · pon dekilahr (Xiphias gladius) · es espadarte (Xiphias gladius) · ka შიმშერი (Xiphias gladius) · cmn 劍魚 /剑鱼 (Xiphias gladius) · da sværdfisk (Xiphias gladius) · ang sweordfisċ (Xiphias gladius) · sw mchumbururu (Xiphias gladius) · af swaardvis (Xiphias gladius) · vi cá kiếm (Xiphias gladius) · tr kılıç balığı (Xiphias gladius) · gl espadarte (Xiphias gladius) · fi miekkakala (Xiphias gladius) · vi cá đao (Xiphias gladius) · bg ри́ба ме́ч (Xiphias gladius) · mn сэлэм загас (Xiphias gladius) · haw aʻu kū (Xiphias gladius) · or ସ୍ୱୋର୍ଡ ମାଛ (Xiphias gladius) · ru мечено́с (Xiphias gladius) · pl miecznik (Xiphias gladius) · ta வாள் மீன் (Xiphias gladius) · ko 황새치 (Xiphias gladius) · sh иглун (Xiphias gladius) · nv łóóʼ bíchį́į́h nineezí (Xiphias gladius) · sh iglun (Xiphias gladius) · de Schwertfisch (Xiphias gladius) · yap thoglaar (Xiphias gladius) · lt kardžuvė (Xiphias gladius) · ar سَمَكَة سَيْف (Xiphias gladius)