different between alevin vs alexin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French alevin.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?l'-?-v?n, IPA^(key): /?æl.?.v?n/

Noun

alevin (plural alevins)

1. Newly hatched fish, especially salmon.

Translations

Anagrams

• Lavine, alvine, leavin', valine, veinal, venial, vineal

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *adlevamen, equivalent to allevare +? -men; allevare ("to raise up") took on the sense of "to raise (young)" in Vulgar Latin under the influence of elevare (“to educate”). The -i- reflects the influence of nutrimen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.v??/

Noun

alevin m (plural alevins)

1. alevin

Derived terms

• alevinage

Descendants

• ? Catalan: aleví
• ? English: alevin
• ? Portuguese: alevino
• ? Spanish: alevín

Further reading

• “alevin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French alevin.

Noun

alevin m (plural alevini)

1. alevin

Declension

Scots

Numeral

alevin

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of eleiven

English

Etymology

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Noun

alexin (plural alexins)

1. (biochemistry, dated) A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
   • 1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, New York: Scribner, Part One, Chapter 1, p. 3,^[1]

     The seed of our destruction will blossom in the desert, the alexin of our cure grows by a mountain rock […]

Translations

Anagrams

• exinal, xenial