goldfish

Meaning

1. A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
2. (figuratively, informal) A person with an unreliable memory.
3. (alt-of, nonstandard) Nonstandard form of Goldfish (“a small orange saltine-like cracker shaped in the form of a fish”).

Synonyms

Carassius auratus

golden carp

gibel carp

giebel

giebel carp

Translations

Goldfisch

pesce rosso

poisson rouge

goudvis

carpa dorada

cyprin doré

χρυσόψαρο

carassin doré

pez de oro

pez dorado

pez de colores

peixinho-dourado

carpa-dourada

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/

Etymology

From gold + fish.