sardine

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɑːˈdiːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /sɑɹˈdin/ Rhymes: -iːn Hyphenation: sard‧ine === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē). ==== Noun ==== sardine (plural sardines) Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden. Hypernyms: herring < fish < animal < creature (figurative) Someone packed or crammed into a small space. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Welsh: sardîn ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== sardine (third-person singular simple present sardines, present participle sardining, simple past and past participle sardined) (literally, intransitive) To fish for sardines. (figuratively, transitive, by extension) to pack or cram together tightly. === Etymology 2 === Pliny states that its name was ultimately derived from Sardis, in Lydia, where the sard was first discovered; but probably ultimately derived from Persian sered ("yellowish-red"). ==== Noun ==== sardine (plural sardines) (obsolete) Carnelian. Dark-brown sard. ==== Adjective ==== sardine (comparative more sardine, superlative most sardine) Characteristic of a sardius. === References === === Anagrams === sandier, reads in, draines, Adriens, randies, Draisen, derains, Naderis, Draines, read-ins, indears, Arnside == Dutch == === Alternative forms === sardien === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Dutch sardeyne, sardayne, sardine, from Latin sardīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌsɑrˈdi.nə/, /sɑrˈdin/ Hyphenation: sar‧di‧ne Rhymes: -inə, -in === Noun === sardine f (plural sardines, diminutive sardinetje n) sardine, fish of the family Clupeidae ==== Derived terms ==== sardineblik ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: sardyn, sardien → Caribbean Javanese: dhèntyis → Papiamentu: saldinchi, sardinchi, sardin (Aruba) == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin sardīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saʁ.din/ === Noun === sardine f (plural sardines) sardine, pilchard tent peg, stake ==== Descendants ==== → English: sardine→ Welsh: sardîn === Further reading === “sardine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === dineras, dîneras, draines, radines, ranidés, rendais == Italian == === Noun === sardine f plural of sardina === Anagrams === dresina, snidare, sniderà == Latin == === Adjective === sardīne vocative masculine singular of sardīnus