piranha
See also: Piranha
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFirst attested in 1869.[1] The term entered English either via Portuguese piranha or Spanish piraña, from Old Tupi pirãîa.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɪˈɹɑːn(j)ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɪˈɹɑn(j)ə/, /pɪˈɹæn(j)ə/
Noun
editpiranha (plural piranhas or piranha)
- (ichthyology) Any of the carnivorous or frugivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the subfamily Serrasalminae.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editSouth American fish
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References
edit- ^ “piranha”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English piranha, from Old Tupi pirãia (“fish”).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: pi‧ran‧ha
Noun
editpiranha
- a piranha
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpiranha m (plural piranhas)
Further reading
edit- “piranha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Tupi.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpiranha m (invariable)
Old Tupi
editNoun
editpiranha
- Alternative form of pirãîa
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Tupi pirãia.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧nha
Noun
editpiranha f (plural piranhas)
- piranha
- (derogatory, vulgar, Brazil) slut
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vadia
- (Brazil) claw clip
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: piranha
Further reading
edit- “piranha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editpiranha m (plural piranha)
Declension
editDeclension of piranha
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) piranha | piranhaul | (niște) piranha | piranhai |
genitive/dative | (unui) piranha | piranhaului | (unor) piranha | piranhalor |
vocative | piranhaule | piranhalor |
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