Phrase guide

sea bass

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: sēʹbăs
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiːbæs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, or a specimen thereof, in several families in order Perciformes

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: food fish, serranid fish, serranid

Narrower terms: blackmouth bass, Synagrops bellus, rock sea bass, rock bass, Centropristis philadelphica, black sea bass, black bass, Centropistes striata, striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis, rockfish, stone bass, wreckfish, Polyprion americanus, belted sandfish, Serranus subligarius, grouper

3

noun

Meaning 3

the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bass

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: saltwater fish

Narrower terms: striped bass, striper

History

Etymology

sea (attributive use) + bass (fish)

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: levrek — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Arabic: قاروس (qārūs) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Arabic: قاروص (qārūṣ) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Asturian: llubina — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Asturian: roballiza — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Asturian: roballu — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Bulgarian: лаврак (lavrak) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Catalan: llobarro — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Catalan: llobina — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Catalan: llop de mar — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海鱸 /海鲈 (hǎilú) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Czech: mořčák evropský — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Czech: vlk mořský — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Czech: mořský vlk — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Czech: okoun mořský — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Dalmatian: branzain — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Danish: bars — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Danish: havbars — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Danish: almindelig bars — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Dutch: zeebars — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Dutch: europeze zeebars — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Estonian: huntahven — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Finnish: meribassi — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • French: bar — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • French: bar commun — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • French: bar européen — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • French: loup — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • French: loup de mer — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • French: loubine — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • French: perche de mer — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Galician: robalo — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Galician: robaliza — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • German: Seebarsch — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • German: Wolfsbarsch — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Greek: λαβράκι (lavráki) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Ancient Greek: λάβραξ (lábrax) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Hebrew: לַבְרָק (lavráq) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Hungarian: farkassügér — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Irish: bas — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Irish: doingean mara — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Irish: doingean mara Eorpach — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Italian: branzino — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Italian: spigola — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Japanese: 鱸 (suzuki) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Japanese: 鮬 (seigo) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Korean: 농어 (nong'eo) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Latvian: labraks — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Latvian: jūrasasaris — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Lithuanian: paprastasis vilkešeris — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Maltese: spnott — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Norwegian Bokmål: havabbor — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: havåbor — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Polish: labraks — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Polish: moron — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Portuguese: robalo — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Portuguese: robalo-legítimo — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Portuguese: robalete — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Russian: морско́й о́кунь (morskój ókunʹ) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Russian: лаврак (lavrak) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Russian: обыкновенный лавра́к (obyknovennyj lavrák) — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Slovene: brancin — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Spanish: lubina — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Swedish: havsabborre — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Turkish: levrek — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Venetan: baìcolo — salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Welsh: draenog y môr — salt-water fish — see also European seabass