sturgeon

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• General-American: /ˈstɝd͡ʒən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɜːd͡ʒən/
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* (surname): * (submarine): Named after the fish, the sturgeon. The first boat of the class was the USS Sturgeon (SSN-637), the Sturgeon-class was named after the lead boat. The boats of the class are referred to by the class name.

From Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from Frankish *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abenaki: gabasa — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Ainu: オタロㇷ゚ (otarop) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Albanian: bli — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Arabic: حَفْش (ḥafš) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Armenian: թառափ (tʻaṙapʻ) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Middle Armenian: մէրսին (mērsin) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Asturian: esturión — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Azerbaijani: nərə — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Basque: gaizkata — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Belarusian: асётр (asjótr) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Bulgarian: есетра (esetra) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Burmese: စတားဂျင် (ca.ta:gyang) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Catalan: esturió — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Chinese Mandarin: 鱘魚 /鲟鱼 (xúnyú) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Crimean Tatar: мерсин (mersin) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Czech: jeseter — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Danish: stør — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Dutch: steur — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Esperanto: acipensero — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Finnish: sampi — fish of family Acipenseridae
• French: esturgeon — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Galician: esturión — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Galician: sollo — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Galician: sollo rei — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Georgian: თართი (tarti) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• German: Stör — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Greek: οξύρρυγχος (oxýrrynchos) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Greek: στουριόνι (stourióni) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Ancient Greek: ἀντακαῖος (antakaîos) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Hungarian: tokhal — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Indonesian: setur — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Indonesian: sturjen — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Ingrian: sedrina — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Irish: bradán fearna — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Italian: storione — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Japanese: チョウザメ (chōzame) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Kalmyk: бекр (bekr) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Kazakh: бекіре (bekıre) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Kipchak: դուղուպալըխ (duġupaləx) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Korean: 철갑상어 (cheolgapsang'eo) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Kumyk: иргъай (irğay) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Kyrgyz: мекире (mekire) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Kyrgyz: осётр (osyotr) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Latin: acipenser — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Latin: sturio — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Latvian: store — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Lithuanian: sturys — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Macedonian: есетра (esetra) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Mohawk: teiotién:taron — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Mongolian: хилэм (xilem) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Norman: esturgeon — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Norwegian: stør — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Old English: styria — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Persian: ماهی خاویاری (māhi-khāviāri) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Polish: jesiotr — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Portuguese: esturjão — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Romanian: sturion — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Romanian: nisetru — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Russian: осётр (osjótr) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Scottish Gaelic: cana — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Scottish Gaelic: bradan-sligeach — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Scottish Gaelic: bradan-cearr — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Seneca: ogáwihsö꞉n — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Serbo-Croatian: јѐсетра — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Serbo-Croatian: кѐчига — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Serbo-Croatian: jèsetra — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Serbo-Croatian: kèčiga — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Slovak: jeseter — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Slovene: jesệter — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Lower Sorbian: jesotr — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Upper Sorbian: jasotr — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Spanish: esturión — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Swedish: stör — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Tatar: мәрсин (märsin) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Turkish: mersin balığı — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Turkish: kolan balığı — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Ottoman Turkish: مرسین بالغی (mersin balığı) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Turkmen: bekre — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Ukrainian: осетер (oseter) — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Unami: kahpaxe — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Vietnamese: cá tầm — fish of family Acipenseridae
• Welsh: stwrsiwn — fish of family Acipenseridae