barse

Meaning

The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.

Synonyms

European perch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑːs/

Etymology

From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”).