Phrase guide

fishing rod

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anglerod, fishing pole

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fishing pole

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rod

Narrower terms: fly rod, spinning rod

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kallam peshkimi — rod used for angling
  • Southern Altai: кармак (karmak) — rod used for angling
  • Arabic: قَصْبَة صَيْد (qaṣbat ṣayd) — rod used for angling
  • Armenian: կարթաձող (kartʻajoġ) — rod used for angling
  • Assamese: চিপ (sip) — rod used for angling
  • Assamese: ডাঁৰি (dãri) — rod used for angling
  • Azerbaijani: tilov — rod used for angling
  • Azerbaijani: qarmaq — rod used for angling
  • Bashkir: ҡармаҡ (qarmaq) — rod used for angling
  • Basque: kanabera — rod used for angling
  • Belarusian: ву́дачка (vúdačka) — rod used for angling
  • Belarusian: ву́да (vúda) — rod used for angling
  • Bulgarian: въ́дица (vǎ́dica) — rod used for angling
  • Burmese: ငါးမျှားတံ (nga:hmya:tam) — rod used for angling
  • Catalan: canya de pescar — rod used for angling
  • Chichewa: nsomba ndodo — rod used for angling
  • Chinese Cantonese: 魚竿 /鱼竿 (jyu4 gon1) — rod used for angling
  • Chinese: дёйүган (dioyügan) — rod used for angling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釣竿 /钓竿 (diàogān) — rod used for angling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魚竿 /鱼竿 (yúgān) — rod used for angling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釣魚竿 /钓鱼竿 (diàoyúgān) — rod used for angling
  • Chuvash: вӑлта (vălt̬a) — rod used for angling
  • Czech: rybářský prut — rod used for angling
  • Danish: fiskestang — rod used for angling
  • Dutch: hengelroede — rod used for angling
  • Dutch: hengel — rod used for angling
  • Esperanto: fiŝvergo — rod used for angling
  • Faroese: tráða — rod used for angling
  • Finnish: onkivapa — rod used for angling
  • Finnish: vapa — rod used for angling
  • Finnish: onki — rod used for angling
  • French: canne à pêche — rod used for angling
  • Galician: cana de pescar — rod used for angling
  • Georgian: ანკესი (anḳesi) — rod used for angling
  • Georgian: თევზსაჭერი ანკესი (tevzsač̣eri anḳesi) — rod used for angling
  • German: Angelrute — rod used for angling
  • German: Angel — rod used for angling
  • Greek: καλάμι ψαρέματος (kalámi psarématos) — rod used for angling
  • Hebrew: חַכָּה (khaká) — rod used for angling
  • Hindi: बंसी (bansī) — rod used for angling
  • Hungarian: horgászbot — rod used for angling
  • Icelandic: veiðistöng — rod used for angling
  • Ido: pesko-bastono — rod used for angling
  • Indonesian: pancing — rod used for angling
  • Indonesian: joran — rod used for angling
  • Ingrian: onki — rod used for angling
  • Ingrian: ongenvars — rod used for angling
  • Irish: slat iascaigh — rod used for angling
  • Italian: canna da pesca — rod used for angling
  • Japanese: 釣り竿 (tsurizao) — rod used for angling
  • Kalmyk: һахуль (ğaxulʹ) — rod used for angling
  • Kazakh: қармақ (qarmaq) — rod used for angling
  • Khmer: ដំបងនេសាទ (dɑmbɑɑng neesaat) — rod used for angling
  • Korean: 낚싯대 (naksitdae) — rod used for angling
  • Korean: 낚시대 (naksidae) — rod used for angling
  • Kyrgyz: кайырмак (kayırmak) — rod used for angling
  • Lao: ຄັນເບັດ — rod used for angling
  • Latin: harundō — rod used for angling
  • Latin: arundō — rod used for angling
  • Latvian: makšķere — rod used for angling
  • Lithuanian: meškerė — rod used for angling
  • Luxembourgish: Aangel — rod used for angling
  • Macedonian: риболовен стап (riboloven stap) — rod used for angling
  • Malay: pancing — rod used for angling
  • Malay: joran — rod used for angling
  • Māori: matira — rod used for angling
  • Māori: tautara — rod used for angling
  • Māori: katira — rod used for angling
  • Mongolian: загасны уурга (zagasny uurga) — rod used for angling
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠰᠤᠨ ᠤ ᠤᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ (ǰiɣasun-u urɣ-a) — rod used for angling
  • Muong: cần cau — rod used for angling
  • Nahuatl: acacuextli — rod used for angling
  • Norman: vaûle — rod used for angling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiskestang — rod used for angling
  • Church Slavic: ѫда (ǫda) — rod used for angling
  • Church Slavic: ѫдица (ǫdica) — rod used for angling
  • Old East Slavic: уда (uda) — rod used for angling
  • Ossetian: ӕнгуыр — rod used for angling
  • Iranian Persian: چوبِ ماهیگیری (čub-e mâhi-giri) — rod used for angling
  • Polish: wędka — rod used for angling
  • Portuguese: cana de pesca — rod used for angling
  • Portuguese: vara de pesca — rod used for angling
  • Portuguese: vara de pescar — rod used for angling
  • Romanian: undiță — rod used for angling
  • Russian: у́дочка (údočka) — rod used for angling
  • Russian: уди́лище (udílišče) — rod used for angling
  • Russian: уда́ (udá) — rod used for angling
  • Lule-Sami: svihtjo — rod used for angling
  • Northern Sami: oaggunstávrá — rod used for angling
  • Southern Sami: håagkstaavra — rod used for angling
  • Scottish Gaelic: slat-iasgaich — rod used for angling
  • Serbo-Croatian: шта̑п за пе̏ца̄ње — rod used for angling
  • Serbo-Croatian: štȃp za pȅcānje — rod used for angling
  • Slovak: rybársky prút — rod used for angling
  • Slovene: ribiška palica — rod used for angling
  • Spanish: caña de pesca — rod used for angling
  • Swedish: fiskespö — rod used for angling
  • Swedish: metspö — rod used for angling
  • Tagalog: baway — rod used for angling
  • Tagalog: baliwasan — rod used for angling
  • Tagalog: baliwasnan — rod used for angling
  • Tagalog: pamingwit — rod used for angling
  • Tajik: шаст (šast) — rod used for angling
  • Tamil: தூண்டில் (tūṇṭil) — rod used for angling
  • Tatar: кармак (qarmaq) — rod used for angling
  • Tày: càn bết — rod used for angling
  • Thai: คันเบ็ด (kan-bèt) — rod used for angling
  • Turkish: olta — rod used for angling
  • Turkish: olta kamışı — rod used for angling
  • Ukrainian: ву́дка (vúdka) — rod used for angling
  • Ukrainian: ву́дочка (vúdočka) — rod used for angling
  • Urdu: بَنْسی (bansī) — rod used for angling
  • Uyghur: قارماق سېپى (qarmaq sëpi) — rod used for angling
  • Uyghur: قارماق دەستىسى (qarmaq destisi) — rod used for angling
  • Uyghur: قارماق (qarmaq) — rod used for angling
  • Uzbek: qarmoq — rod used for angling
  • Vietnamese: cần câu — rod used for angling
  • Welsh: gwialen bysgota — rod used for angling
  • Welsh: genwair — rod used for angling
  • Yiddish: ווענטקע (ventke) — rod used for angling
  • Yiddish: אודקע (udke) — rod used for angling