alevin

See also: alevín

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French alevin, from Vulgar Latin *allevamen equivalent to Latin allevāre (“to lift up, raise”)+-men.

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: ăl'-ə-vən, IPA^(key): /ˈæl.ə.vən/

Noun

alevin (plural alevins)

Newly hatched fish, especially salmon.

Translations

newly hatched fish

Catalan: aleví (ca) m
French: alevin (fr) m

Portuguese: alevino (pt) m
Spanish: alevín (es) m

Anagrams

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

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.vɛ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

alevin m (plural alevins)

alevin

Derived terms

alevinage

Descendants

→ Catalan: aleví
→ English: alevin
→ Portuguese: alevino
→ Spanish: alevín

Further reading

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

Scots

Numeral

alevin

(obsolete) Alternative form of eleiven

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