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- [sam-uh n]
- /ˈsæm ən/
- /ˈsæm.ən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sam-uh n]
- /ˈsæm ən/
Definitions of salmon word
- noun plural salmon a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn. 1
- noun plural salmon landlocked salmon. 1
- noun plural salmon any of several salmonoid food fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus, inhabiting the North Pacific. 1
- noun plural salmon a light yellowish-pink. 1
- adjective salmon of the color salmon. 1
- noun salmon freshwater fish 1
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Origin of salmon
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English salmoun, samoun < Anglo-French (Old French saumon) < Latin salmōn-, stem of salmō
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Parts of speech for Salmon
noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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salmon popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
salmon usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for salmon
noun salmon
- apricot — An apricot is a small, soft, round fruit with yellowish-orange flesh and a stone inside.
- bittersweet — If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones.
- blusher — Blusher is a coloured substance that women put on their cheeks.
- bricker — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- burgundy — Burgundy is used to describe things that are purplish-red in colour.
adjective salmon
- fuchsias — Plural form of fuchsia.
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Matching words
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