tilapia

== English == === Etymology === From translingual Tilapia, from Tswana tlhapi (“fish”). The drag race slang usage is a reference to the comment by Gia Gunn on entering Ru Paul's Drag Race (season 6) "Just landed like fresh tilapia". === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /təˈlɑːpiə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɪˈlɑːpiə/, /tɪˈlæpiə/ Rhymes: -ɑːpiə, -æpiə === Noun === tilapia (plural tilapias or tilapia) Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide. Synonym: St. Peter's fish (drag slang) A fishy (resembling a cisgender woman) drag queen; a drag queen who could pass for a woman, as opposed to one who is exaggeratedly feminine. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from translingual Tilapia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiˈlaːpiˌaː/ === Noun === tilapia f (plural tilapia's, diminutive tilapiaatje n) tilapia (Tilapia spp.) Hypernym: cichlide === Further reading === tilapia on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == French == === Noun === tilapia m (plural tilapias) tilapia == Polish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiˈla.pja/ Rhymes: -apja Syllabification: ti‧la‧pia === Noun === tilapia f tilapia ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === tilapia in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiˈlapja/ [t̪iˈla.pja] Rhymes: -apja Syllabification: ti‧la‧pia === Noun === tilapia f (plural tilapias) tilapia === Further reading === “tilapia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025