halibut

• hallibut, holibut, halibutt, holibutt

From Middle English *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.

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

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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.

• Hippoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Borrowed from English halibut.

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

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halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

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

• “halibut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from English halibut.

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halibut m (invariable)

1. halibut

   Synonyms: ippoglosso, (rare) fletano

• halybutte, halybut

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːlibut/, /ˈhalibut/

halibutt (plural halibuttes)

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

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

Borrowed from English halibut, from Middle English *halibutt.

• IPA^(key): /xaˈli.but/

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

halibut m animal

1. halibut

   Synonym: kulbak

• “halibut”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “halibut”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Borrowed from Germanic; see English halibut.

halibut m (plural halibuts)

1. halibut

   Synonym: fletán