salmon

B1 Topic:Animals

US /ˈsæmən/ See IPA manual

Freq #6161

Meanings

1

noun
A large fish with pink-orange flesh that swims up rivers to lay eggs; it is a popular food.

We had grilled salmon with lemon for dinner.
2

adj
Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

She painted the bedroom walls a soft salmon colour.
3

noun
A pale pinkish-orange colour.

The sunset turned the sky a warm shade of salmon.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a large fish with... lax lox

2 adj · having a pale... pink-orange

Word family

Forms salmons

Related forms samlet

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Phrases (1)

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salmon roe
salmon eggs, especially when prepared as food

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-. Widely displaced native Middle English lax, from Old English leax (whence modern dialectal lax). The unpronounced l was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root (compare words like debt, indict, receipt for the same spelling Latinizations). The verb sense “ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street” alludes to salmon swimming upstream against the flow of a river to spawn.

samoun Middle English saumon Old French salmo Latin

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# salmon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈsæmən/
**Frequency rank:** 6161

## Meanings
1. A large fish with pink-orange flesh that swims up rivers to lay eggs; it is a popular food.
2. Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.
3. A pale pinkish-orange colour.

## Examples
- We had grilled salmon with lemon for dinner.
- She painted the bedroom walls a soft salmon colour.
- The sunset turned the sky a warm shade of salmon.

## Related Forms
- samlet

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: samoun
- Root: saumon
- Root: salmo

## Etymology
From Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-. Widely displaced native Middle English lax, from Old English leax (whence modern dialectal lax). The unpronounced l was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root (compare words like debt, indict, receipt for the same spelling Latinizations). The verb sense “ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street” alludes to salmon swimming upstream against the flow of a river to spawn.

## AI Etymology
Salmon comes from Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-. Widely displaced native Middle English lax, from Old English leax (whence modern dialectal lax). The unpronounced l was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root (compare words like debt, indict, receipt for the same spelling Latinizations). The verb sense “ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street” alludes to salmon swimming upstream against the flow of a river to spawn. Modern senses include a large fish with pink-orange flesh that swims up rivers to lay eggs; it is a popular food. and having a pale pinkish-orange colour.. The wider word family includes related forms such as samlet.

## Topics
- Animals

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