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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSardine
/sɑːrˈdiːn/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small, schooling fish of the herring family, often canned and eaten as food.
"I enjoyed a sandwich made with sardines and mustard." - 2
A term used informally to describe a person or thing that is packed closely together.
"The subway was so crowded that we felt like sardines in a can."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Middle English word sardine, via French from Latin sardina, presumably originating from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around whose shores these small schooling fish were abundantly found in antiquity. The Portuguese diminutive 'sardinha' refers to the same small marine creature.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sardine" is said worldwide
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sardine
Transliteration: sardine
"J'ai mangé une sardine pour le déjeuner."
Sardine
Transliteration: Zardine
"Ich habe eine Sardine auf meinem Sandwich."
sardina
Transliteration: sardina
"Ho mangiato una sardina per cena."
sardina
Transliteration: sardina
"Comí una sardina en mi ensalada."
sardinha
Transliteration: sardinha
"Eu comi uma sardinha grelhada."
सार्डिन
Transliteration: sārdin
"मैंने सैंडविच में सार्डिन खाई।"
沙丁鱼
Transliteration: shā dīng yú
"我在三明治里吃了沙丁鱼。"
정어리
Transliteration: jeongeori
"나는 샌드위치에 정어리를 넣어 먹었다."
イワシ
Transliteration: iwashi
"サンドイッチにイワシを入れて食べました。"
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