Catfish

//ˈkætfɪʃ//

Synonyms for "catfish" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
catfishercatlet

Strong matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
mudcatriver chicken

Related words (6)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

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Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

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derived from

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has a

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Translations

130 translations across 90 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • аԥа́шәԥсыӡ noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • γλάνις noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • σίλουρος noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Arabic

3 entries
  • سَلُّور noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • قرموط noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • كاتفش noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܣܱܠܽܘܪܴܐ noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Armenian

1 entries
  • լոքո noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Asturian

1 entries
  • siluru noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • naqqa noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • naxa noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Bangi

1 entries
  • ngolo noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • йәйен noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Basque

1 entries
  • katuarrain noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • сом noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মাগুর noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • tabangungo noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • сом noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ငါးခူ noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Catalan

1 entries
  • silur noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Chakma

1 entries
  • 𑄟𑄉𑄪𑄢𑄴 noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏧᎵᏍᏓᎾᎵ noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 鯰魚 /鲶鱼 noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 塘蝨 /塘虱 noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 鮎形目 /鲇形目 noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • 鯰魚 /鲶鱼 noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ϫⲉⲗϥⲁⲩ noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Czech

1 entries
  • sumec noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Danish

1 entries
  • malle noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Dutch

4 entries
  • catfish noun (person operating fake profile)
  • meerval noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • nepprofiel noun (fake profile)
  • catfishen verb (operate fake profile)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • katfiŝo noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Estonian

1 entries
  • säga noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Finnish

2 entries
  • monni noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • monnikala noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

French

2 entries
  • poisson-chat noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • silure noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Galician

1 entries
  • siluro noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ლოქო noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

German

2 entries
  • Katzenwels noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • Wels noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Greek

1 entries
  • γατόψαρο noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שְׂפַמְנוּן noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • harcsa noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • másnak adja ki magát az interneten verb (operate fake profile)
  • online megtéveszt/félrevezet verb (operate fake profile)

Ido

1 entries
  • siluro noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • lele noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Irish

1 entries
  • cat mara noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Isthmus Zapotec

1 entries
  • guluxu noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Italian

1 entries
  • pesce gatto noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ナマズ noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • 鯰 noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Karaim

1 entries
  • yayın noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жайын noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ត្រីឆ្លាំង noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Korean

1 entries
  • 메기 noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жайын noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປາໜັງ noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Latin

1 entries
  • silūrus noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Latvian

1 entries
  • sams noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Lingala

1 entries
  • ngolo noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • šamas noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • som noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • сом noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Malay

1 entries
  • keli noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Mingrelian

2 entries
  • ლოქო noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • ღლამი noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Navajo

1 entries
  • dághaałóóʼ noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries
  • pummerrie noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Nogai

1 entries
  • яйын noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Northern Altai

1 entries
  • чайы́н noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • malle noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Nupe

1 entries
  • ezhègi noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • локо noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • сом noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • харча noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Pawnee

1 entries
  • paksaku noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Persian

2 entries
  • سلور noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • گربهماهی noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Polish

4 entries
  • catfish noun (person operating fake profile)
  • fejk noun (fake profile)
  • sum noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • uprawiać catfishing verb (operate fake profile)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • bagre noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • peixe-gato noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Romanian

2 entries
  • silur noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • somn noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Russian

1 entries
  • сом noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • sȍm noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • со̏м noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Slovak

1 entries
  • sumec noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Slovene

1 entries
  • som noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • сом noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • јайын noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bagre noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • barbo noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • farsante noun (person operating fake profile)
  • filín noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Svan

1 entries
  • ლოქო noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kambare noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Swedish

4 entries
  • catfish noun (person operating fake profile)
  • mal noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • sockpuppet noun (fake profile)
  • catfishing verb (operate fake profile)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • hito noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Tamil

3 entries
  • கெளிறு noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • கெளுத்தி மீன் noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • கெழுது noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Tatar

1 entries
  • җәен noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปลาดุก noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • mausgras noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Turkish

3 entries
  • fake noun (fake profile)
  • kedi balığı noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)
  • yayın noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • lakga noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сом noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Unami

1 entries
  • wisamèkw noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cá trê noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cathbysgod noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Winnebago

1 entries
  • hoowįx noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ẹja àrọ̀ noun (type of fish — see also sheatfish)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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You apparently haven't known the pain of a catfish sting.

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Catfish have no scales.

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Catfish are still biting.

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Mary refuses to eat catfish because she's allergic to cats.

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