marlin

See also: Marlin

English

White Marlin leaping

Etymology

A contraction of marlinspike, named so because of its pointed snout.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.lɪn/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪn

Noun

marlin (plural marlin or marlins)

Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira. Every such species has a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.

Synonyms

spearfish

Translations

game fish

Bulgarian: мерлин m (merlin)
Czech: plachetník (cs) m, marlín m
Dutch: zwaardvis (nl) m
Esperanto: makajro
Finnish: marliini (fi)
French: marlin (fr) m, makaire (fr) m
Indonesian: setuhuk
Italian: marlin m
Japanese: 梶木 (カジキ, kajiki)
Malay: marlin, ikan marlin
Maori: takeketonga
Polish: marlin (pl) m, żaglica f, makaira f
Portuguese: marlim m
Russian: марли́н (ru) m (marlín)
Swedish: spjutfisk c
Thai: กระโทง (th) (grà-toong)

Anagrams

milRNA, milrna

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French marlin.

Noun

marlin m (plural marlini)

marlin

Declension

Declension of marlin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) marlin	marlinul	(niște) marlini	marlinii
genitive/dative	(unui) marlin	marlinului	(unor) marlini	marlinilor
vocative	marlinule		marlinilor

References

marlin in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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