haddock

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhædək/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: haddok

Cognate with Italian: addobbare

In summary

From Middle English haddok. Compare Anglo-Norman hadoc from Old French hadot, probably from an English source. Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (“to prepare”), cognate with Italian addobbare (“to souse fish or meat”).
The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).

Synonyms

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

COD

pinger

scrod

chat haddock

snapper haddock

gibber

rosefish

hake

Translations

Schellfisch

aiglefin

eglefino

schelvis

églefin

łupacz

eglefino

asinello

merluzzo

plamiak

arinca

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

βακαλάος

هدوق

eglefí