barracuda
English
edit(Sphyraena sphyraena)
Etymology
editFirst attested in the 1670s, from Latin American Spanish barracuda, perhaps from a Cariban word.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarracuda (plural barracuda or barracudas)
- Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.
- (figuratively) One who uses harsh or predatory means to compete.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmarine fish
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predatory competitor — see shark
See also
editFurther reading
edit- barracuda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sphyraena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “barracuda”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish barracuda.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarracuda f (plural barracudes)
Further reading
edit- “barracuda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English barracuda. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarracuda f (plural barracuda's)
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbarracuda m (plural barracudas)
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish barracuda.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarracuda m (invariable)
Further reading
edit- barracuda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -udɐ
Noun
editbarracuda f (plural barracudas)
Further reading
edit- “barracuda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editUnknown, perhaps from a Cariban term. According to Watkins, from Valencian/Catalan barracó (“snaggletooth”); see barraca.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarracuda f (plural barracudas)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “barracuda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “barracuda”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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