English edit

 
drawing of a haddock
 
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Etymology edit

From Middle English haddok, from Anglo-Norman hadoc, from Old French hadot. Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (to prepare), cognate with Italian addobbare (to souse fish or meat).[1]

The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhædək/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ædək

Noun edit

haddock (plural haddock or haddocks)

  1. A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

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Descendants edit

  • Irish: cadóg
  • Japanese: ハドック (hadokku)
  • Portuguese: hadoque
  • Scottish Gaelic: adag
  • Welsh: hadog

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ Weekley, Ernest (2013): An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English haddock.

Noun edit

haddock m (plural haddocks)

  1. Alternative form of hadoque