tilapia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /təˈlɑːpiə/ (General-American)
- /tɪˈlæpiə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /tɪˈlɑːpiə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Tswana tlhapider. taxonomic name Tilapialbor. English tilapia Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Tilapia, from Tswana tlhapi (“fish”). The drag race slang usage is a reference to the comment by Gia Gunn on entering Ru Paul's Drag Race (season 6) "Just landed like fresh tilapia".
Meanings
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Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide.
Well I dined last night with Scarface Ron On tilapia fishcakes and fried black swan.
2006, Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan, Bottom of the World:
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(qualifier:drag slang) A fishy (resembling a cisgender woman) drag queen; a drag queen who could pass for a woman, as opposed to one who is exaggeratedly feminine.
Vietnamese tilapia Plastique Tiara was at the forefront of one of Drag Race's most controversial eliminations earlier this year. Although the Texan performer and biological woman was leaving us gooped week-after-week with her runways, she was – spoiler alert! – eliminated in eighth place after lip-syncing against Miss Vanjie, despite having a better track record.
2019 June 13, Sam Damshenas, “Drag Race star Plastique Tiara wants to be a "pioneer" for the queer Asian community”, in Gay Times, London: Gay Times Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tilapia | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tilapias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
blackchin tilapia · Okavango tilapia · kariba tilapia · Otjikoto tilapia · longfin tilapia · blackfin tilapia · spotted tilapia · black tilapia · Mozambique tilapia · Nile tilapia · mango tilapia · blue tilapia · Guinean tilapia · Manyara tilapia · Singida tilapia · Zill's tilapia · magadi tilapia · threespot tilapia · Graham's tilapia · redbreast tilapia · banded tilapia · Wami tilapia · redbelly tilapia
Synonyms
Translations (21)
zu intilaphi (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · cop ⲣⲁⲙⲓ (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · fi tilapia (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · yue 羅非魚 /罗非鱼 (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · es tilapia (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · cs tlamoun (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · he מוּשְׁט (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · ln libúndú (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · bcl tilapya (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · it tilapia (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · fr tilapia (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · de Tilapie (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · ja ティラピア (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · pt tilápia (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · pl tilapia (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · de Tilapia (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · yue 非洲鯽 /非洲鲫 (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · he אַמְנוּן (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · cmn 羅非魚 /罗非鱼 (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · ar بُلْطِيّ (any fish of the genus Tilapia) · tl tilapya (any fish of the genus Tilapia)