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Oil derived from the liver of codfish, often used as a nutritional supplement due to its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cod-liver oil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: animal oil
Narrower terms: cod oil
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
ձկան յուղ
(jkan yuġ)
— nutritional supplement
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Belarusian:
ры́бін тлушч
(rýbin tlušč)
— nutritional supplement
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Catalan:
oli de fetge de bacallà
— nutritional supplement
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Chinese Mandarin:
魚肝油 /鱼肝油
(yúgānyóu)
— nutritional supplement
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Chinese Mandarin:
肝油
(gānyóu)
— nutritional supplement
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Dutch:
levertraan
— nutritional supplement
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Esperanto:
moruhepatoleo
— nutritional supplement
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Estonian:
kalamaksaõli
— nutritional supplement
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Finnish:
kalanmaksaöljy
— nutritional supplement
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French:
huile de foie de morue
— nutritional supplement
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Galician:
aceite de fígado de bacallau
— nutritional supplement
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German:
Lebertran
— nutritional supplement
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German:
Dorschleberöl
— nutritional supplement
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German:
Dorschlebertran
— nutritional supplement
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Greek:
μουρουνέλαιο
(mourounélaio)
— nutritional supplement
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Hungarian:
csukamájolaj
— nutritional supplement
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Icelandic:
þorskalýsi
— nutritional supplement
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Icelandic:
grútur
— nutritional supplement
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Indonesian:
levertran
— nutritional supplement
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Indonesian:
minyak hati ikan kod
— nutritional supplement
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Indonesian:
minyak ikan kod
— nutritional supplement
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Irish:
ola ae troisc
— nutritional supplement
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Italian:
olio di fegato di merluzzo
— nutritional supplement
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Japanese:
肝油
(kan'yu)
— nutritional supplement
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Japanese:
魚油
(gyoyu)
— nutritional supplement
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Korean:
간유
(ganyu)
— nutritional supplement
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Korean:
어간유
(eoganyu)
— nutritional supplement
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Korean:
어유
(eoyu)
— nutritional supplement
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Latvian:
mencu aknu eļļa
— nutritional supplement
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Malay:
minyak ikan kod
— nutritional supplement
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Navajo:
łóóʼ bikʼah
— nutritional supplement
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tran
— nutritional supplement
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
tran
— nutritional supplement
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Ojibwe:
giigoonh-bimide
— nutritional supplement
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Polish:
tran
— nutritional supplement
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Portuguese:
óleo de fígado de bacalhau
— nutritional supplement
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Russian:
ры́бий жир
(rýbij žir)
— nutritional supplement
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Spanish:
aceite de hígado de bacalao
— nutritional supplement
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Spanish:
aceite de bacalao
— nutritional supplement
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Swedish:
fiskleverolja
— nutritional supplement
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Swedish:
torskleverolja
— nutritional supplement
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Turkish:
balık yağı
— nutritional supplement
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Ukrainian:
риб'я́чий жир
(rybʺjáčyj žyr)
— nutritional supplement
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Vietnamese:
dầu gan cá
— nutritional supplement
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Welsh:
olew iau penfras
— nutritional supplement
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Yiddish:
פֿישטראַן
(fishtran)
— nutritional supplement
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Yiddish:
פֿישטראָן
(fishtron)
— nutritional supplement
