tuna

(Inglese)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The edible flesh of the tuna.

Frequenza

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈtjuː.nə/
Etimologia (Inglese)

From American Spanish alteration of the 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.

Related words

tonnina

fichi d’India

fico d’India

tonno alalunga

tuna-fish

Anguilla sucklandii

Opuntia tuna

Arctic bonito

atu

barriolet

cardón

club mackerel

Thunnus

Atlantic bonito

oceanic bonito

oceanic skipjack

lesser tunny

ocean bonito

toothpick cactus

victor fish

barbary fig

tuńczyk

τόνος

ton balığı

thynnus

thunnus

orkinos

cybium

تون

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