bream
Meaning
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- A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
- A species in that genus, Abramis brama.
- An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
- A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.
Synonyms
freshwater bream
Mexican snapper
blear-eyed snapper
brim snapper
carribbean red snapper
godbless
red porgy
European bream
queen snapper
lane snapper
moonlight grunt
night snapper
northern red snapper
pensacola red snapper
pot snapper
redtailed snapper
Mexican red snapper
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹiːm/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)).
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