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burbot

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cod, codfish

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French barbote, from Latin barba (“a beard”). Displaced native eelpout.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: tsʼanyae — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Ahtna: tsʼaann — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Bulgarian: налим (nalim) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Bulgarian: михалица (mihalica) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Catalan: lota — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Chinese Mandarin: 江鱈 /江鳕 (jiāngxuě) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山鯰魚 /山鲶鱼 (shānniányú) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花鯰魚 /花鲶鱼 (huāniányú) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Czech: mník — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Dutch: kwabaal — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Esperanto: lojto — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Estonian: luts — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Finnish: made — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • French: lote — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • French: lotte — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • German: Quappe — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • German: Aalquappe — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • German: Trüsche — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Greek: λότα η ποταμία (lóta i potamía) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Hungarian: menyhal — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Ingrian: mae — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Italian: bottatrice — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Kazakh: нәлім (nälım) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Korean: 모오케 (mooke) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Luxembourgish: Laangfëschmudder — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Eastern Mari: мокшынчо (mokšynčo) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Western Mari: мен (men) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Western Mari: менкол (menkol) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Tundra Nenets: нёя (nyoya) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Norwegian: lake — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Old English: ǣlepūta — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Polish: miętus — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Russian: нали́м (nalím) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Inari-Sami: njäähi — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Northern Sami: njáhká — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Serbo-Croatian: manić — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Slovak: mieň — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Spanish: lota — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Swedish: lake — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Swedish: slemhelge — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Lower Tanana: ts'onya — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Turkish: tatlı su gelinciği — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Tuvan: мезил (mezil) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Udmurt: шалькко (šaľkko) — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Welsh: llofen — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Welsh: llofenan — a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Yup'ik: manignaq — a freshwater fish: Lota lota