ruffe

English

a ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)

Etymology

From ruff, referring to the dorsal spines.

Noun

ruffe (plural ruffes)

1. Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish.
2. Other species in the same genus.

Synonyms

• ruff, pope
• (G. cernua) Eurasian ruffe

Derived terms

• sea ruffe

Translations

fish of the genus Gymnocephalus

• Belarusian: джгір m (džhir)
• Bulgarian: бопан m (bopan), ропец m (ropec)
• Czech: ježdík (cs) m
• Estonian: kiisk (et)
• Finnish: kiiski (fi)
• French: grémille (fr) f
• German: Kaulbarsch (de) m
• Greek: περκάκι n (perkáki)
• Hungarian: durbincs (hu)
• Ingrian: joršši, kiiski
• Italian: acerina (it) f
• Kashubian: jôżdż
• Latgalian: keiss
• Latvian: ķīsis
• Luxembourgish: Steepiisch f
• Polish: jazgarz (pl) m
• Russian: ёрш (ru) m (jorš)
• Sami:

  Kildin Sami: ёаҏҏьш (jår̥r̥’š)

• Swedish: gärs (sv) c, snorgärs (sv) c, gers (sv) c
• Ukrainian: йорж (jorž)
• Votic: joršši

References

• ruffe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gymnocephalus cernua on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Middle English

Noun

ruffe

1. Alternative form of rof