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common whitefish

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A freshwater fish of salmon family, Coregonus lavaretus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սիգ գաղթող (sig gaġtʻoġ) — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Danish: almindelig helt — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Danish: helt — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Dutch: grote marene — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Estonian: siig — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Estonian: meresiig — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Estonian: harilik siig — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Faroese: nebbalaksur — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Finnish: siika — Coregonus lavaretus
  • French: corégone lavaret — Coregonus lavaretus
  • German: Lavaret — Coregonus lavaretus
  • German: Große Maräne — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Irish: iasc geal Eorpach — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Italian: lavarello — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Latvian: sīga — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Lithuanian: europinis sykas — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Meänkieli: siika — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Meänkieli: sapakka — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Norwegian: sik — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Polish: brzona — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Polish: głąbiel — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Polish: sieja — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Polish: sieja pospolita — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Russian: обыкнове́нный сиг (obyknovénnyj sig) — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Inari-Sami: šapšâ — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Kildin-Sami: ша̄бп (šābp) — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Northern Sami: čuovža — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Skolt-Sami: šapšš — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Ter Sami: ша̄бпа (šābpâ) — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Spanish: farra — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Spanish: lavareto — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Swedish: sik — Coregonus lavaretus
  • Welsh: powan — Coregonus lavaretus