catfish

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• /ˈkætfɪʃ/
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From cat + fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers. Compare West Frisian katfisk (“catfish”), Dutch katvis (“catfish”). Compare also German Seekatze (“catfish”, literally “sea-cat”).

From the 2010 documentary Catfish, supposedly inspired by the practice of fishermen keeping cod active by storing them with catfish (see sense 1) which nip at their tails.

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аԥа́шәԥсыӡ (apáŝwpsədz) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Southern Altai: јайын (ǰayïn) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Southern Altai: сом (som) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Arabic: سَلُّور (sallūr) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Arabic: قرموط (ʕɑrmūṭ) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Arabic: كاتفش (kātfiš) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Aramaic: ܣܱܠܽܘܪܴܐ (sallūrā, səlōrā) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Armenian: լոքո (lokʻo) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Asturian: siluru — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Azerbaijani: naqqa — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Azerbaijani: naxa — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Bangi: ngolo — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Bashkir: йәйен (yəyen) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Basque: katuarrain — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Belarusian: сом (som) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Bengali: মাগুর (magur) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Central Bikol: tabangungo — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Bulgarian: сом (som) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Burmese: ငါးခူ (nga:hku) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Catalan: silur — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Chakma: 𑄟𑄉𑄪𑄢𑄴 (māgur) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Cherokee: ᏧᎵᏍᏓᎾᎵ (tsulisdanali) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Chinese Cantonese: 塘蝨 /塘虱 (tong4 sat1) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Chinese: 鯰魚 /鲶鱼 (zh-min-nan) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Chinese Mandarin: 鯰魚 /鲶鱼 (niányú) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Chinese Mandarin: 鮎形目 /鲇形目 (niánxíngmù) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Choctaw: nakishwana — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Coptic: ϫⲉⲗϥⲁⲩ (jelfau) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Czech: sumec — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Danish: malle — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Dutch: meerval — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Esperanto: katfiŝo — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Estonian: säga — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Finnish: monni — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Finnish: monnikala — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• French: poisson-chat — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• French: silure — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Galician: siluro — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Georgian: ლოქო (loko) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• German: Wels — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• German: Katzenwels — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Greek: γατόψαρο (gatópsaro) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Ancient Greek: γλάνις (glánis) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Ancient Greek: σίλουρος (sílouros) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Hebrew: שְׂפַמְנוּן (sfamnún) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Hungarian: harcsa — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Ido: siluro — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Indonesian: lele — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Irish: cat mara — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Italian: pesce gatto — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Japanese: ナマズ (namazu) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Japanese: 鯰 (namazu) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Karaim: yayın — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Kazakh: жайын (jaiyn) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Khmer: ត្រីឆ្លាំង (trəychlang) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Korean: 메기 (megi) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Kyrgyz: жайын (jayın) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Lao: ປາຫນັງ (pā nang) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Latin: silūrus — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Latvian: sams — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Lingala: ngolo — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Lithuanian: šamas — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Macedonian: сом (som) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Malay: keli — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Mingrelian: ლოქო (loko) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Mingrelian: ღლამი (ɣlami) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Navajo: dághaałóóʼ — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Ngarrindjeri: pummerrie — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Nogai: яйын (yayın) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Norwegian Bokmål: malle — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Nupe: ezhègi — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Ossetian: локо (loko) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Pannonian Rusyn: харча (xarča) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Pannonian Rusyn: сом (som) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Pawnee: paksaku — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Persian: سلور (selur) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Persian: گربهماهی (gorbe-mâhi) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Polish: sum — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Portuguese: peixe-gato — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Portuguese: bagre — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Romanian: somn — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Romanian: silur — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Russian: сом (som) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Serbo-Croatian: со̏м — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Serbo-Croatian: sȍm — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Slovak: sumec — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Slovene: som — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Lower Sorbian: som — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Spanish: bagre — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Spanish: siluro — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Spanish: barbo — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Spanish: pez gato — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Spanish: filín — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Spanish: juilín — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Svan: ლოქო (loko) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Swahili: kambare — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Swedish: mal — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Tagalog: hito — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Tamil: கெளுத்தி மீன் (keḷutti mīṉ) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Tamil: கெளிறு (keḷiṟu) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Tamil: கெழுது (keḻutu) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Tatar: җәен (cäyen) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Thai: ปลาดุก (bplaa-dùk) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Tok Pisin: mausgras — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Turkish: yayın — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Turkish: kedi balığı — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Turkmen: lakga — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Ukrainian: сом (som) — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Unami: wisamèkw — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Vietnamese: cá trê — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Welsh: cathbysgod — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Winnebago: hoowįx — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Yoruba: ẹja àrọ̀ — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Isthmus Zapotec: guluxu — type of fish — see also sheatfish
• Dutch: catfish — person operating fake profile
• Polish: catfish — person operating fake profile
• Spanish: impostor — person operating fake profile
• Spanish: farsante — person operating fake profile
• Swedish: catfish — person operating fake profile
• Dutch: nepprofiel — fake profile
• Polish: fejk — fake profile
• Spanish: perfil falso — fake profile
• Swedish: sockpuppet — fake profile
• Turkish: fake — fake profile
• Dutch: catfishen — operate fake profile
• Hungarian: másnak adja ki magát az interneten — operate fake profile
• Hungarian: online megtéveszt/félrevezet — operate fake profile
• Polish: uprawiać catfishing — operate fake profile
• Spanish: engañar con [un] perfil falso — operate fake profile
• Swedish: catfishing — operate fake profile