anchovy
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anchovy
- /ˈæn.t͡ʃə.vi/ UK
- /ˈæn.t͡ʃəʊ.vi/ UK
- /ænˈt͡ʃəʊ.vi/ UK
- /ˈænˌt͡ʃoʊ.vi/ US
- /ænˈt͡ʃoʊ.vi/ US
Rhymes with -əʊvi
Where it comes from
From Spanish anchoa, from Genoese Ligurian anciôa or related Corsican anchjuva, anciua. The term's ultimate origin is unclear; some suggest it may have derived from an unattested Vulgar Latin term *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, apua, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē) (which may be formed like Sanskrit अभ्व (ábhva-, “monster”)); others suggest it comes from Basque antxu, anchu (“dried fish”), from anchuva (“dry”), if that Basque term is not itself derived from Latin via some intermediary. None of these hypotheses is satisfactory because of the phonetic irregularities.
noun anchovies
- Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food. [T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.
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noun small saltwater fish
| Español | anchoa, boquerón, bocarte, aladroque |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 멸치 myeolchi |
| 日本語 | 片口鰯, カタクチイワシ katakuchi-iwashi, アンチョビ anchobi, アンチョビー anchobī |
| 中文 | 鳳尾魚 /凤尾鱼 fèngwěiyú, 鯷 /鳀 tí |
| Português | anchova, enchova |
| Français | anchois |
| Deutsch | Sardelle |
| Italiano | alice, acciuga |
| Ελληνικά | γαύρος gávros |
| Română | sardele, hamsie, anșoa |
| Русский | анчо́ус ančóus, хамса́ xamsá |
| Tiếng Việt | cá cơm, cá trổng |
| العربية | أَنْشُوفة ʔanšūfa, بَلَم balam, أَنْشُوقَة ʔanšūqa |
| עברית | אַנְשׁוֹבִי anshóvi, עַפְיָן 'afyán |
Talk about this word "anchovy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/anchovy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. anchovy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/anchovy "anchovy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/anchovy.Cite this
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title = {anchovy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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