zeehond

Signification (Anglais)

seal, any member of the family Phocidae

Concepts

phoque

🦭

phoque commun

Synonymes

rob

🐰

zeerob

Traductions

Seehund

seal

🦭

foca

🦭

foca

🦭

Robbe

🦭

fok

🦭

sea-dog

harbour seal

common seal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈzeːɦɔnt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: seehont

In summary

From Middle Dutch seehont. By surface analysis, zee (“sea”) + hond (“hound, dog”).
Middle Dutch seehont, is possibly an alteration of seelhont (literally “seal-hound, seal-dog”), from seel (“seal”), from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Compare Low German Saalhund (“seal”).

Phrases

De haaien hebben de zeehond opgegeten .

Les requins ont mangé le sceau.