name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
marlin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmɑɹ.lɪn/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)lɪn
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 R L AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: M AA1 R L IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name, variant of Merlin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A city in Falls County, Texas, United States. Named after John Marlin.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.
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noun
Meaning 5
large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: billfish
Narrower terms: blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, black marlin, Makaira mazara, Makaira marlina, striped marlin, Makaira mitsukurii, white marlin, Makaira albida
History
Etymology
A contraction of marlinspike, named so because of its pointed snout.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мерлин (merlin) — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Chinese Mandarin: 槍魚 /枪鱼 (qiāngyú) — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Czech: plachetník — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Czech: marlín — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Dutch: zwaardvis — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Dutch: zeilvis — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Dutch: marlijn — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Esperanto: makajro — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Cebuano: malasugi — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Tagalog: malasugi — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Tagalog: marlin — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Finnish: marliini — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- French: marlin — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- French: makaire — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- German: Speerfisch — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- German: Fächerfisch — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- German: Marline — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Indonesian: setuhuk — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Indonesian: ikan layaran — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Italian: macaira — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Italian: marlin — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Japanese: 梶木 (kajiki) — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Korean: 청새치 (cheongsaechi) — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Korean: 돛새치 (dotsaechi) — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Korean: 기어 (gieo) — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Malay: marlin — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Malay: ikan marlin — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Māori: takeketonga — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Mokilese: lajkahn — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Polish: marlin — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Polish: żaglica — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Polish: makaira — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Portuguese: marlim — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Portuguese: espadim — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Portuguese: peixe-vela — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Portuguese: agulhão-de-vela — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Russian: марли́н (marlín) — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Spanish: aguja — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Spanish: picudo — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Spanish: pez vela — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Swedish: spjutfisk — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Thai: กระโทง (grà-toong) — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
- Vietnamese: cá buồm — game fish with a pointed upper jaw
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