haddock

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English haddok. Compare Anglo-Norman hadoc from Old French hadot, probably from an English source. 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”). The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhædək/ Rhymes: -ædək === Noun === haddock (plural haddock or haddocks) A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== finnan haddie hake ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English haddock. === Noun === haddock m (plural haddocks) alternative form of hadoque === Further reading === “haddock”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026