How do you pronounce sturgeon?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɝd͡ʒən/.

Where does sturgeon come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

sturgeon

/ˈstɝd͡ʒən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: stur-geon
IPA: /ˈstɝd͡ʒən/

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Meaning

noun

Any of the marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.

noun

Synonym of 637: A submarine of the Sturgeon-class

American usage

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Synonym of 637: A class of submarine

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The old prince sat in silence, his bright little eyes watching Karenin from one side, and Stepan Arkadyevitch saw that he had already formed a phrase to sum up that politician of whom guests were invited to partake as though he were a sturgeon."
"The sturgeon is considered to be rich in aphrodisiac elements."
"An investigation has been carried out into the changes in blood chemistry which occur during the migration of young sturgeon and spawned adults from freshwater into saltwater and of the migration of prespawning adults in the reverse direction by Magnin (1962)."
"1997, M. L. Khrykhtin, V. G. Svirsky, Sturgeon catch and the current status of sturgeon stocks in the Amur River, Andreas Bauer, Astrid Kaiser-Pohlmann, Sturgeon Stocks and Caviar Trade Workshop: Proceedings, page 29, Strict regulation of the catch was introduced in the Soviet Union in 1976 in order to prevent overfishing of the sexually mature sturgeons in the river."
"Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look."
"Information on the spawning period, spawning behavior, and other details of the reproductive biology of green sturgeon in the Columbia River is lacking (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 1995)."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sturgiun, estorjoun, *sturjō, *sturjô

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstɝd͡ʒən/
British English: /ˈstɜːd͡ʒən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sturgeons (plural)

Derived Forms

sterlet sturddlefish Sturgeon sturgeonlike Sturgeonite

Phrases

Adriatic sturgeon Alabama sturgeon Amu Darya sturgeon Amur sturgeon Atlantic sturgeon Baltic sturgeon bastard sturgeon Chinese sturgeon

Frequently Paired Words

acipenserine caviar isinglass

Synonyms

Sturgeon sub Sturgeon boat 637 Sturgeon class acipenserid

Rhymes With

surgeon burgeon lake sturgeon chirurgeon