Phrase guide

fish oil

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Oil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially, a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fish-liver oil

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animal oil

Narrower terms: tuna oil

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زَيْت السَّمَك (zayt as-samak) — dietary supplement
  • Belarusian: ры́бін тлушч (rýbin tlušč) — dietary supplement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魚油 /鱼油 (yúyóu) — dietary supplement
  • Danish: fiskeolie — dietary supplement
  • Dutch: visolie — dietary supplement
  • Dutch: traan — dietary supplement
  • Dutch: traanolie — dietary supplement
  • Faroese: fiskaolja — dietary supplement
  • Finnish: kalaöljy — dietary supplement
  • French: huile de poisson — dietary supplement
  • Galician: saín — dietary supplement
  • German: Fischöl — dietary supplement
  • Icelandic: lýsi — dietary supplement
  • Italian: olio di pesce — dietary supplement
  • Japanese: 魚油 (gyoyu) — dietary supplement
  • Korean: 어유 (eoyu) — dietary supplement
  • Malay: minyak ikan — dietary supplement
  • Mongolian: загасны тос (zagasny tos) — dietary supplement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiskeolje — dietary supplement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fiskeolje — dietary supplement
  • Polish: tran — dietary supplement
  • Portuguese: saim — dietary supplement
  • Portuguese: sail — dietary supplement
  • Romanian: untură de pește — dietary supplement
  • Russian: ры́бий жир (rýbij žir) — dietary supplement
  • Spanish: aceite de pescado — dietary supplement
  • Swedish: fiskolja — dietary supplement
  • Thai: น้ํามันปลา (nám-man-bplaa) — dietary supplement
  • Turkish: balık yağı — dietary supplement
  • Ottoman Turkish: بالق یاغی (balık yağı) — dietary supplement
  • Ukrainian: риб'я́чий жир (rybʺjáčyj žyr) — dietary supplement
  • Welsh: olew pysgod — dietary supplement