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stockfish

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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  • UK: /ˈstɒkfɪʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒkfɪʃ

1

noun

Meaning 1

Cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fish, seafood, food

2

noun

Meaning 2

The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: South-Africa

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fish

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stokfissh, stokfysch, from Middle Dutch stocvisch and/or Middle Low German stokvisch (“stick fish”), because the fish are dried on sticks or poles. Equivalent to stock + fish.

Borrowed from Afrikaans stokvis, from Dutch stokvis.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: չորացրած ձուկ (čʻoracʻrac juk) — cured fish
  • Bulgarian: чироз (čiroz) — cured fish
  • Catalan: peix assecat — cured fish
  • Catalan: peixopalo — cured fish
  • Catalan: estocafix — cured fish
  • Chinese Cantonese: 柴魚 /柴鱼 (caai4 jyu4) — cured fish
  • Chinese Cantonese: 乾魚 /干鱼 (gon1 jyu4) — cured fish
  • Czech: sušená treska — cured fish
  • Czech: sušená ryba — cured fish
  • Danish: tørfisk — cured fish
  • Dutch: stokvis — cured fish
  • Esperanto: sekigita fiŝo — cured fish
  • Finnish: kapakala — cured fish
  • French: stockfisch — cured fish
  • French: stockfish — cured fish
  • French: stokfiche — cured fish
  • French: stoquefiche — cured fish
  • West-Frisian: stokfisk — cured fish
  • German: Stockfisch — cured fish
  • Hungarian: szárított tőkehal — cured fish
  • Icelandic: skreið — cured fish
  • Icelandic: harðfiskur — cured fish
  • Ido: sika moruo — cured fish
  • Indonesian: ikan kering — cured fish
  • Ingrian: kapa — cured fish
  • Inupiaq: pivsi — cured fish
  • Italian: stoccafisso — cured fish
  • Japanese: 干物 (himono) — cured fish
  • Japanese: 乾物 (himono) — cured fish
  • Japanese: 干し魚 — cured fish
  • Japanese: 干魚 (hiuo) — cured fish
  • Korean: 건어물 (geoneomul) — cured fish
  • Luxembourgish: Stackfësch — cured fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tørrfisk — cured fish
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tørrfisk — cured fish
  • Polish: sztokfisz — cured fish
  • Polish: stokfisz — cured fish
  • Romanian: batog — cured fish
  • Romanian: ștocfiș — cured fish
  • Russian: вя́леная ры́ба (vjálenaja rýba) — cured fish
  • Russian: тара́нка (taránka) — cured fish
  • Russian: тара́нька (taránʹka) — cured fish
  • Sicilian: pisci stoccu — cured fish
  • Spanish: pescado seco — cured fish
  • Swedish: torrfisk — cured fish
  • Tagalog: daing — cured fish
  • Ottoman Turkish: اشك بالغی (eşek balığı) — cured fish
  • Vietnamese: khô cá — cured fish
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