different between sild vs sardine

English

Etymology

From Norwegian and Danish sild, from Old Norse síld. More at sile. See also sillock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?ld/

Noun

sild (countable and uncountable, plural silds)

1. Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.

Anagrams

• IDLs, lids, slid

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse síld, síl, from Proto-Germanic *s?l?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sil?]

Noun

sild c (singular definite silden, plural indefinite sild)

1. herring
2. (slang) a young, attractive woman

Declension

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cilta, earlier *tilta, from a Baltic language (cf. Latvian tilts, Lithuanian tiltas). Cognates include Finnish silta, Ingrian silta, silda, Livonian s?lda, Livvi sildu, Ludian šild, Veps süud, sild, Võro sild, Votic silta and Northern Sami šaldi (the latter is derived from Proto-Finnic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sild?/
• Rhymes: -ild
• Hyphenation: sild

Noun

sild (genitive silla, partitive silda)

1. bridge
   1. A construction spanning across a waterway, road, etc. allowing the flow of traffic.

   2. A spiritual connection.

      Synonym: ühenduslüli

   3. (nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a ship from which it is navigated.

      Synonyms: kaptenisild, komandosild

   4. (dentistry) A non-movable denture replacing one or several adjacent teeth supported by natural teeth

      Synonym: sildprotees

   5. (gymnastics, dance, wrestling) bridge position, backbend
2. jetty, wharf, dock, pier
   1. A temporary structure for mooring.

      Synonyms: maabumissild, randumissild, sadamasild

3. axle, axletree
   1. A bar or beam of a motor vehicle connecting the opposite wheels, on which the frame rests.

      Synonyms: veosild, veotelg

4. pons
   1. (neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located between the midbrain and the medulla oblongata.

      Synonym: ajusild

Declension

Synonyms

• (spiritual connection): ühenduslüli
• (platform above the upper deck): kaptenisild, komandosild
• (denture): sildprotees
• (jetty, wharf, dock, pier): maabumissild, randumissild, sadamasild
• (axle, axletree): veosild, veotelg
• (pons): ajusild

Derived terms

Compounds

References

• sild” in Sõnaveeb

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?lt/

Noun

sild f (genitive singular sildar, plural sildir)

1. herring (Clupea harengus)

Declension

Derived terms

• sildaveiða
• sildaflak
• sildagrunnur
• sildastovnur
• fjarðarsild
• havsild

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cilta.

Noun

sild

1. bridge

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sild, síld

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s?l?]

Noun

sild m or f (definite singular silda or silden, indefinite plural sild or silder, definite singular sildene)

1. (fish) herring

Derived terms

• sildemåke

References

• “sild” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sild and síld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?ld/, /s?l?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

sild f (definite singular silda, indefinite plural sildar or silder, definite plural sildane or sildene)

1. herring; Clupea harengus

Derived terms

• sildefiske
• sildemåke
• sildesalat

References

• “sild” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cilta.

Noun

sild

1. bridge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sardine (compare Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardina; from Ancient Greek ??????? (sardín?).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s???di?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s???din/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

sardine (plural sardines)

1. Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
2. (obsolete) carnelian

   • And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

3. (figuratively) Someone packed or crammed into a small space.

Derived terms

• sardinelike
• sardiner

Translations

Verb

sardine (third-person singular simple present sardines, present participle sardining, simple past and past participle sardined)

1. to fish for sardines
2. to pack or cram together tightly.
   • 1986, The New Yorker - Volumen 62,

     Would it be unbearably elitist to suggest that they would be more enjoyable still if the director removed a row or two of chairs, instead of sardining as many listeners as possible into the intimate music room?

Anagrams

• Arnside, Draines, Draisen, derains, draines, indears, randies, reads in, sandier

Dutch

Alternative forms

• sardien

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sardeyne, sardayne, sardine, from Latin sardina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r?di.n?/, /s?r?din/
• Hyphenation: sar?di?ne
• Rhymes: -in?, -in

Noun

sardine f (plural sardines, diminutive sardinetje n)

1. sardine, fish of the family Clupeidae

Derived terms

• sardineblik

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sardyn, sardien

French

Etymology

From Latin sardina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?.din/

Noun

sardine f (plural sardines)

1. sardine, pilchard
   • 1788, Jean-Jacques_Barthélemy, Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce

     Les sardines sont ailleurs l'aliment du peuple ; celles que nous prenons aux environs de Phalère mériteraient d'être servies à la table des dieux, surtout quand on ne les laisse qu'un instant dans l'huile.

     The pilchards taken in other countries are the food of the common people ; those we catch in the vicinity of Phalerum are worthly of the table of the gods, especially when left to steep only for a moment in boiling oil.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dineras, dîneras, draines, radines, ranidés, rendais

Italian

Noun

sardine f

1. plural of sardina

Anagrams

• snidare, sniderà

Latin

Adjective

• sard?ne

Adjective

sard?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of sard?nus