Phrase guide

John Dory

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An edible marine fish (Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata), having long dorsal spines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

European dory

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Zeus faber

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dory

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: jandorie — edible marine fish
  • Arabic: ضوري مذهب — edible marine fish
  • Asturian: samartín — edible marine fish
  • Asturian: sampedru — edible marine fish
  • Basque: muxumartin — edible marine fish
  • Breton: yar-vor — edible marine fish
  • Catalan: gall — edible marine fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魴魚 /鲂鱼 (fāngyú) — edible marine fish
  • Corsican: San Petru — edible marine fish
  • Dutch: zonnevis — edible marine fish
  • Esperanto: zeŭso — edible marine fish
  • Finnish: pietarinkala — edible marine fish
  • French: saint-pierre — edible marine fish
  • French: dorée — edible marine fish
  • French: zée — edible marine fish
  • Galician: sanmartiño — edible marine fish
  • German: Petersfisch — edible marine fish
  • Greek: χριστόψαρο (christópsaro) — edible marine fish
  • Hebrew: מוריגן הכתם — edible marine fish
  • Hungarian: kakashal — edible marine fish
  • Icelandic: pétursfiskur — edible marine fish
  • Italian: sampietro — edible marine fish
  • Japanese: マトウダイ — edible marine fish
  • Kabuverdianu: pexi-galu — edible marine fish
  • Kazakh: солнечник (solneçnik) — edible marine fish
  • Korean: 달고기 (dalgogi) — edible marine fish
  • Māori: kuparu — edible marine fish
  • Norman: Jean-doré — edible marine fish
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sanktpetersfisk — edible marine fish
  • Polish: piotrosz — edible marine fish
  • Polish: paszczak — edible marine fish
  • Portuguese: peixe-galo — edible marine fish
  • Portuguese: peixe-de-são-pedro — edible marine fish
  • Romanian: dulgher mare — edible marine fish
  • Russian: со́лнечник (sólnečnik) — edible marine fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: kovač — edible marine fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ва̄ч — edible marine fish
  • Slovene: kovač — edible marine fish
  • Spanish: pez de San Pedro — edible marine fish
  • Swedish: sanktpersfisk — edible marine fish
  • Swedish: Sankt Pers fisk — edible marine fish
  • Turkish: dülger balığı — edible marine fish
  • Ottoman Turkish: دولگر بالغی (dülger balığı) — edible marine fish
  • Ukrainian: сонцевик (soncevyk) — edible marine fish
  • Vietnamese: cá dây nhật bản — edible marine fish
  • Welsh: pysgodyn darn arian — edible marine fish