tuna
/ˈtjuː.nə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
Countable; Uncountable
name
Various towns and (historical) former settlements in Sweden.
name
A god, considered the son of Manga-wai-roa and source of eels.
Example Sentences
- "Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. ... The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel)."
- "THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN"
- "Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. [...] The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Phoenicianbor. Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor. Latin thunnusbor. Arabic تُنّ (tunn) Andalusian Arabicbor. Old Spanish atun Spanish atúnder. United States Spanish tunabor. English tuna Borrowed from United States Spanish tuna, alteration of Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”), from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Possibly in the sense of "darter" from thynein "to dart along". Doublet of tonno.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: atún, تن, thunnus, θύννος, -, Tuna
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtjuː.nə/
- British English: /ˈtjuː.nə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
ahi tuna
albacore tuna
Allison tuna
bigeye tuna
blackfin tuna
bluefin tuna
bullet tuna
dogtooth tuna