dragnet

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæɡˌnɛt/
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• /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡˌnɛt/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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• CMU ARPABET: D R AE1 G N EH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From drag + net, probably based on the model of Middle English draynet, dreynett (“dragnet”), Old English dræġnet, dræġnett (“dragnet”), equivalent to dray + net. Cognate with Swedish dragnät, Norwegian dragnett, from Icelandic dragnet.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شبكة (šabaka) — net dragged across the bottom
• Arabic: شبكة (šabaka) — net dragged across the bottom
• Chinese Mandarin: 拖網 /拖网 (tuōwǎng) — net dragged across the bottom
• Coptic: ⲥⲁⲅⲏⲛⲏ (ṣaɣene) — net dragged across the bottom
• Danish: slæbevod — net dragged across the bottom
• Danish: slæbegarn — net dragged across the bottom
• Dutch: sleepnet — net dragged across the bottom
• Finnish: pohjatrooli — net dragged across the bottom
• French: chalut — net dragged across the bottom
• Galician: bou — net dragged across the bottom
• Galician: rasca — net dragged across the bottom
• Galician: salabardo — net dragged across the bottom
• Galician: sabaleira — net dragged across the bottom
• Galician: endeño — net dragged across the bottom
• Galician: varredeira — net dragged across the bottom
• Galician: patexeira — net dragged across the bottom
• Galician: braba — net dragged across the bottom
• Galician: boliche — net dragged across the bottom
• German: Schleppnetz — net dragged across the bottom
• Ancient Greek: σαγήνη (sagḗnē) — net dragged across the bottom
• Ilocano: daklis — net dragged across the bottom
• Italian: rete a strascico — net dragged across the bottom
• Italian: sciabica — net dragged across the bottom
• Japanese: 引き網 (hikiami) — net dragged across the bottom
• Latin: tragula — net dragged across the bottom
• Lushootseed: ʔəxwadzad — net dragged across the bottom
• Macedonian: влак (vlak) — net dragged across the bottom
• Malay: pukat — net dragged across the bottom
• Māori: kaharoa — net dragged across the bottom
• Norman: drannet — net dragged across the bottom
• Norwegian Bokmål: not — net dragged across the bottom
• Norwegian Nynorsk: not — net dragged across the bottom
• Polish: włók — net dragged across the bottom
• Portuguese: rasca — net dragged across the bottom
• Portuguese: arrastão — net dragged across the bottom
• Russian: не́вод (névod) — net dragged across the bottom
• Russian: бре́день (brédenʹ) — net dragged across the bottom
• Russian: сеть (setʹ) — net dragged across the bottom
• Russian: трал (tral) — net dragged across the bottom
• Spanish: red barredera — net dragged across the bottom
• Spanish: red de arrastre — net dragged across the bottom
• Spanish: chinchorro — net dragged across the bottom
• Swedish: not — net dragged across the bottom
• Danish: eftersøgning — Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
• German: Schleppnetzfahndung — Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
• Italian: retata — Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
• Polish: obława — Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
• Spanish: redada — Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.