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sardine

/sɑɹˈdin/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
sard-ine
IPA
/sɑɹˈdin/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden, and many canned sardines in America are sprats.

noun

Someone packed or crammed into a small space.

verb

To fish for sardines.

Intransitive verb

verb

to pack or cram together tightly.

Transitive verb

noun

Carnelian.

Obsolete

noun

Dark-brown sard.

adj

Characteristic of a sardius.

noun

A member of the Italian grassroots political movement organized to protest against the right-wing surge in the country and the political rhetoric of Matteo Salvini.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sardīna, σαρδίνη

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɑɹˈdin/
  • British English: /sɑːˈdiːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sardines (plural) sardines (present, singular) sardining (participle, present) sardined (participle, past) sardined (past) more sardine (comparative) most sardine (superlative)

Derived Forms

sardinelike sardinella sardiner sardinewise sardiney

Phrases

bombon sardine California sardine Chilean sardine freshwater sardine gilt sardine Indian oil sardine Lake Malawi sardine Lake Tanganyika sardine

Synonyms

pilchard sardina pilchardus sard sardius

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce sardine?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɑɹˈdin/.
What does sardine mean?
Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden, and many canned sardines in America are sprats.
Where does sardine come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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