églefin

French

Alternative forms

• aiglefin

Etymology

Alteration of Middle French esclefin (probably after aigle), originally borrowed from Middle Dutch schelvisch, corresponding to schelp (“shell”) + vis (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ɡlə.fɛ̃/

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Noun

églefin m (plural églefins)

1. haddock

Descendants

• → Catalan: eglefí
• → Italian: eglefino
• → Spanish: eglefino
• ?Translingual: Aeglefinus

References

• Bomhoff, Dirk (1832): A New Dictionary of the English and Dutch Language: To which are Added a Catalogue of the Most Usual Proper Names and a List of the Irregular Verbs, Volume 2

Further reading

• “églefin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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