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gourami

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

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɡʊˈrɑːmi/
  • US: /ɡuːˈrɑmiː/
  • /ɡəˈrɑmiː/
  • [ɡɚˈɑmɪj]
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noun

Meaning 1

An edible freshwater fish of the family Osphronemidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: water pig

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature

History

Etymology

From French gourami, from Malay gurami, from Javanese ꦒꦸꦫꦩꦶ (gurami).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: трихогастер (trihogaster) — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Finnish: rihmakala — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • French: gourami — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Indonesian: gurami — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Japanese: グラミー — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Malay: gurami — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Polish: gurami — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Russian: гура́ми (gurámi) — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Spanish: gurami — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Tagalog: gurami — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Vietnamese: cá sặc — fish of the family Osphronemidae
  • Vietnamese: sặc — fish of the family Osphronemidae