pomfret

See also: Pomfret

English

Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama), family Bramidae

silver pomfret (Pampus argenteus)

Etymology

Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/

Noun

pomfret (plural pomfret or pomfrets)

1. A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
2. Any of several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.
3. A golden pomfret (Trachinotus blochii).
4. A black pomfret (Parastromateus niger).

Derived terms

• pomfret cake
• silver pomfret
• silvery pomfret (Stromateoides argenteus)
• Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama)
• white pomfret

Translations

fish of family Bramidae

• Arabic:

  Gulf Arabic: زبيدي m (zbēdi)

• Bengali: রূপচান্দা (rupcanda)
• Bulgarian: атлантическа платика f (atlantičeska platika)
• Burmese: ငါးမုတ် (my) (nga:mut)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 銀鯧／银鲳 (ngan⁴ coeng¹)

  Mandarin: 銀鯧／银鲳 (zh) (yínchāng)

• Finnish: pomfretti (fi)
• Galician: castañeta (gl) f
• Gujarati: પાપલેટ માછલી (pāpleṭ māchlī)
• Hawaiian: mukau
• Hungarian: aranyosfejű hal
• Indonesian: bawal putih
• Kannada: ಮಾಂಜಿ ಮೀನು (māñji mīnu)
• Korean: 병어 (byeong'eo)
• Malay: bawal putih
• Malayalam: ആവോലി (āvōli)
• Marathi: पापलेट (pāpleṭ)
• Persian: ماهی حلوا سفید
• Russian: морско́й лещ m (morskój lešč)
• Tamil: வெள்ளை வாவல் (veḷḷai vāval)
• Telugu: మేవ (mēva)
• Thai: ปลาจะละเม็ดขาว
• Vietnamese: cá chim trắng
• Waray-Waray: sandatan

See also

• sea bream
• Pomfret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stromateidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bramidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Stromateidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies