different between kob vs kabeljou

English

Alternative forms

• koba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?b/

Noun

kob (plural kobs or kob)

1. An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
2. Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob), or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.

Translations

Anagrams

• Bok, KBO, OKB, bok

Albanian

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *kob? through a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian kob (“fate, destiny, omen”) and Bulgarian ???? (koba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?b/

Noun

kob m (indefinite plural kobe, definite singular kobi, definite plural kobet)

1. misfortune, scourge
2. death
3. deception, treachery

Synonyms

• bolbë

Derived terms

• kobshëm
• kobzi

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kob?, from Proto-Indo-European *kob-.

Compare (obsolete) Russian ???? (kob?), Old Norse happ (“good luck”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kô?b/

Noun

k?b f (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. fate
2. destiny
3. omen

Declension

References

• “kob” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans kabeljou, from Dutch kabeljauw (“cod”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??b?lja?/

Noun

kabeljou (plural kabeljous)

1. (South Africa) A type of fish from southern Africa, Argyrosomus coronus.

Synonyms

• dusky kob
• giant kob (occasionally spelled cob), not to be confused with the squaretail kob (Argyrosomus thorpei)
• daga salmon

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kabeljauw, from Middle Dutch cabelliau, from Old Dutch cabillau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.b?l?jœu?/

Noun

kabeljou (plural kabeljoue)

1. A cod.

Descendants

• ? English: kabeljou