pilchard

English

European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus).

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪl.tʃəd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪl.t͡ʃɚd/

Noun

pilchard (plural pilchard or pilchards)

1. Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
   • 1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays

     He longs occasionally for human diet,
     His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.

Usage notes

The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region. Often, the smaller fish are termed sardines and the larger ones pilchards.

Synonyms

• (small fish): sardine

Translations

a cigar-shaped fish with a short dorsal fin and forked tail

• Asturian: sardina (ast)
• Bulgarian: сардела f (sardela)
• Cornish: hernen f
• French: pilchard (fr) m
• German: Sardine (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: σαρδίνη f (sardínē)

• Hungarian: szardínia (hu)
• Irish: pilséar m
• Maori: mohimohi, mohi
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: са̀рдела f

  Roman: sàrdela (sh) f

See also

• pilchard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

pilchard m (plural pilchards)

1. pilchard, sardine

Further reading

• “pilchard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.