flowndre

Middle English

Alternative forms

• flowndur, flondyre, flounder, ffloundre, floundre, flundre

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman floundre, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfluːndər/, /ˈflundər/, /ˈfluːndrə/

Noun

flowndre (plural flowndres)

1. flounder (Platichthys flesus or a similar fish)

Descendants

• English: flounder
• Scots: flunner, flunder

References

• “flǒunder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.