英和和英

別の表記

• hallibut, holibut, halibutt, holibutt

語源

From 中期英語 *halibutt, equivalent to holy +‎ but (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Cognate with Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte, Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra, and Norwegian Nynorsk hellefisk.

発音

• IPA: /ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/, /ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/

名詞

halibut (plural halibuts or halibut)

1. A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV:

     [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut.

派生語

Further reading

• Hippoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

語源

From hali +‎ butt, as the fish was often traditionally consumed on holy days.

発音

• IPA: /ˈhaːlibut/, /ˈhalibut/

名詞

halibutt (plural halibuttes)

1. A halibut.
2. Fishes similar to the halibut.

派生した語

• English: halibut, hallibut, holibut, halibutt, holibutt
• Scots: halibutte, halybutt