Phrase guide

European perch

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A freshwater fish of species Perca fluviatilis in the family Percidae, native to northern Eurasia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a perch native to Europe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Perca fluviatilis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perch

History

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: алабуға (alabuğa) — Perca fluviatilis
  • Catalan: perca de riu — Perca fluviatilis
  • Danish: aborre — Perca fluviatilis
  • Elfdalian: abuorr — Perca fluviatilis
  • Estonian: ahven — Perca fluviatilis
  • Faroese: áburra — Perca fluviatilis
  • Finnish: ahven — Perca fluviatilis
  • French: perche commune — Perca fluviatilis
  • French: perche franche — Perca fluviatilis
  • French: perche européenne — Perca fluviatilis
  • German: Flussbarsch — Perca fluviatilis
  • German: Egli — Perca fluviatilis
  • Italian: persico reale — Perca fluviatilis
  • Italian: pesce persico — Perca fluviatilis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abbor — Perca fluviatilis
  • Polish: okoń pospolity — Perca fluviatilis
  • Polish: okoń — Perca fluviatilis
  • Portuguese: perca comum — Perca fluviatilis
  • Portuguese: perca europeia — Perca fluviatilis
  • Russian: речно́й о́кунь (rečnój ókunʹ) — Perca fluviatilis
  • Scottish Gaelic: muc-locha — Perca fluviatilis
  • Scottish Gaelic: creagag-uisge — Perca fluviatilis
  • Lower Sorbian: wokuń — Perca fluviatilis
  • Spanish: perca — Perca fluviatilis
  • Spanish: perca común — Perca fluviatilis
  • Spanish: perca de rio — Perca fluviatilis
  • Swedish: abborre — Perca fluviatilis
  • Turkish: tatlı su levreği — Perca fluviatilis
  • Udmurt: юш (juš) — Perca fluviatilis
  • Welsh: draenogyn dŵr croyw — Perca fluviatilis