quinnat

See also: Quinnat

English

Alternative forms

quinnet

Etymology

From Chinook ikʷanat.[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪnət/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪnət/

Noun

quinnat (plural quinnat or quinnats)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon.

References

“quinnat, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, January 2015.

Anagrams

quintan

French

Etymology

From English, from a Native American language.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwi.nat/

Noun

quinnat m (plural quinnats)

a quinnat salmon

Further reading

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

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