halibut

English

halibut

Alternative forms

• hallibut, holibut, halibutt, holibutt

Etymology

From Middle English *halibutt, equivalent to holy +‎ but (“flatfish”), since the fish was often eaten on holy days. Compare Dutch heilbot, German Heiligbutt, Heilbutt, Heilbutte. Compare also Danish helleflynder, Swedish helgeflundra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæ.lɪ.bət/, /ˈhɒ.lɪ.bət/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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.

Derived terms

• Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
• bastard halibut
• California halibut
• Greenland halibut
• Monterey halibut
• Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

Translations

fish of genus Hippoglossus

• Aleut: chagix̂
• Alutiiq: sagiq
• Arabic: هَلْبُوت m (halbūt)
• Belarusian: па́лтус m (páltus)
• Bulgarian: камбала f (kambala)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大比目魚／大比目鱼 (zh) (dàbǐmùyú)

• Czech: platýs (cs) m
• Danish: helleflynder
• Dutch: heilbot (nl) m
• Faroese: kalvi (fo)
• Finnish: ruijanpallas (fi)
• French: flétan (fr) m, elbot (fr) m (Belgium)
• Galician: fletán (gl) m
• German: Heilbutt (de) m, Heiligbutt m, Heiligenbutt m, Pferdezunge, Riesenscholle
• Hungarian: laposhal
• Icelandic: lúða (is) f, heilagfiski m, flyðra (is) f
• Irish: haileabó m
• Italian: ippoglosso m
• Japanese: オヒョウ (ohyō), 大鮃 (おひょう, ohyō)
• Lutshootseed: sčútχ
• Malay: halibut
• Maranao: danogan
• Nootka: p̕uuʔi
• Northern Sami: bálddis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kveite m or f, hellefisk m

  Nynorsk: kveite f, hellefisk m

• Polish: halibut (pl) m, kulbak m
• Portuguese: hipoglosso m
• Romanian: cambulă (ro) f, limbă-de-cal f, calcan-sfânt m
• Russian: па́лтус (ru) m (páltus)
• Scottish Gaelic: bradan-leathann m, pacach-cearr
• Spanish: fletán (es) m, pez mantequilla m, hipogloso m, paltus m, halibut (es) m
• Swedish: hälleflundra (sv) c, helgeflundra (sv) c
• Turkish: halibut
• Ukrainian: па́лтус m (páltus)
• Volapük: holbut

Further reading

• halibut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hippoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English halibut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.liˈβut]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.liˈbut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.liˈbut]

Noun

halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

Derived terms

• halibut de l'Atlàntic
• halibut del Pacífic
• halibut negre

Further reading

• “halibut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• halybutte, halybut

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːlibut/, /ˈhalibut/

Noun

halibutt (plural halibuttes)

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

Declension

    Declension of halibut

	Singular	Plural
nominative, accusative	halibutt	hallibutes
genitive	hallibuttes	hallibute
dative	hallibutte	hallibutten

Descendants

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English halibut, from Middle English *halibutt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈli.but/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ibut
• Syllabification: ha‧li‧but

Noun

halibut m animal

1. halibut

   Synonym: kulbak

Declension

Declension of halibut

	singular	plural
nominative	halibut	halibuty
genitive	halibuta	halibutów
dative	halibutowi	halibutom
accusative	halibuta	halibuty
instrumental	halibutem	halibutami
locative	halibucie	halibutach
vocative	halibucie	halibuty

Further reading

• halibut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• halibut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Germanic; see English halibut.

Noun

halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

   Synonym: fletán