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sterlet

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A smaller, common Eurasian sturgeon, of the species Acipenser ruthenus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Russian сте́рлядь (stérljadʹ).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ստերլետ (sterlet) — species of sturgeon
  • Armenian: չուքա (čʻukʻa) — species of sturgeon
  • Azerbaijani: çökə — species of sturgeon
  • Azerbaijani: çökəbalığı — species of sturgeon
  • Bulgarian: чига (čiga) — species of sturgeon
  • Chuvash: ҫӗкӗ (śĕk̬ĕ) — species of sturgeon
  • Chuvash: ҫтерлӗк (śterlĕk) — species of sturgeon
  • Esperanto: sterledo — species of sturgeon
  • Finnish: sterletti — species of sturgeon
  • Georgian: ცქვრინი (ckvrini) — species of sturgeon
  • German: Stör — species of sturgeon
  • German: Sterlet — species of sturgeon
  • Hungarian: kecsege — species of sturgeon
  • Japanese: コチョウザメ (kochouzame) — species of sturgeon
  • Kalmyk: шигрлү (şigrlü) — species of sturgeon
  • Kazakh: сүйрiк (süirik) — species of sturgeon
  • Latin: helops — species of sturgeon
  • Eastern Mari: нуран (nuran) — species of sturgeon
  • Eastern Mari: сӱгӧ (sügö) — species of sturgeon
  • Eastern Mari: сӱгыгол (sügygol) — species of sturgeon
  • Western Mari: стерляк (sterĺak) — species of sturgeon
  • Romanian: cegă — species of sturgeon
  • Russian: сте́рлядь (stérljadʹ) — species of sturgeon
  • Serbo-Croatian: kèčiga /кѐчига — species of sturgeon
  • Spanish: esturión esterlete — species of sturgeon
  • Swedish: sterlett — species of sturgeon
  • Tatar: чөгә (çögä) — species of sturgeon
  • Turkish: çuka balığı — species of sturgeon
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوقه بالغی (çoka balığı, çuka balığı) — species of sturgeon
  • Udmurt: чуке (ćuke) — species of sturgeon