Gill

//ɡɪl//

Synonyms for "gill" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Verb(1 words)
harlotize

Strong matches (39)

Verb(1 words)
harlot

Related words (64)

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5 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

2 entries

derived

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

6 entries

has context

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part of

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related to

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Translations

159 translations across 101 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • kief noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • kieu noun (breathing organ of fish)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • hasang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Albanian

1 entries
  • verzë noun (breathing organ of fish)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • βράγχιον noun (breathing organ of fish)

Arabic

3 entries
  • خَيْشُوم noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • غَلْصَمَة noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • نَخْشُوش noun (breathing organ of fish)

Armenian

1 entries
  • խռիկ noun (breathing organ of fish)

Assamese

2 entries
  • কল noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • ফুল noun (breathing organ of fish)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qəlsəmə noun (breathing organ of fish)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • айғолаҡ noun (breathing organ of fish)

Basque

1 entries
  • zakatz noun (breathing organ of fish)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries
  • sangap noun (breathing organ of fish)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • жа́бры noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • шчэ́лепы noun (breathing organ of fish)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ফুলকা noun (breathing organ of fish)

Betawi

1 entries
  • angsang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • asang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Breton

3 entries
  • brenk noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • lavnennig noun (mushroom organ)
  • skouarn noun (breathing organ of fish)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ламела noun (mushroom organ)
  • хри́ле noun (breathing organ of fish)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပါးဟက် noun (breathing organ of fish)

Catalan

1 entries
  • brànquia noun (breathing organ of fish)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • hasang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • aseang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Chamorro

1 entries
  • guasang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 鰓 /鳃 noun (breathing organ of fish)

Cornish

2 entries
  • brynk noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • brynken noun (breathing organ of fish)

Czech

2 entries
  • lupen noun (mushroom organ)
  • žábry noun (breathing organ of fish)

Danish

1 entries
  • gælle noun (breathing organ of fish)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kieuw noun (breathing organ of fish)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • ношмо noun (breathing organ of fish)

Erzya

1 entries
  • зебра noun (breathing organ of fish)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • branko noun (breathing organ of fish)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lõpused noun (breathing organ of fish)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tákn noun (breathing organ of fish)

Finnish

4 entries
  • heltta noun (mushroom organ)
  • kidukset noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • kidukset noun (gill cover; gill slit)
  • kidus noun (breathing organ of fish)

French

3 entries
  • branchie noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • lamelle noun (mushroom organ)
  • ouïe noun (breathing organ of fish)

Galician

3 entries
  • branquia noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • gala noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • guerla noun (breathing organ of fish)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ლაყუჩები noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • ლაყუჩი noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • ჰიმენიალური შრე noun (mushroom organ)

German

4 entries
  • Kieme noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • Kiemendeckel noun (gill cover; gill slit)
  • Kiemenspalte noun (gill cover; gill slit)
  • Lamelle noun (mushroom organ)

Greek

1 entries
  • βράγχιο noun (breathing organ of fish)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ચૂંઈ noun (breathing organ of fish)

Hanunoo

1 entries
  • alik-alik noun (breathing organ of fish)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • זים noun (breathing organ of fish)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गलफड़ा noun (breathing organ of fish)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • kopoltyú noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • lemez noun (mushroom organ)
  • sugárlemez noun (mushroom organ)

Iban

1 entries
  • ansang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • tálkn noun (breathing organ of fish)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • asang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • insang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • sokka noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • žaabrat noun (breathing organ of fish)

Irish

1 entries
  • geolbhach noun (breathing organ of fish)

Italian

2 entries
  • branchia noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • lamella noun (mushroom organ)

Japanese

4 entries
  • えら noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • 腮 noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • 襞 noun (mushroom organ)
  • 顋 noun (breathing organ of fish)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • asang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • желбезек noun (breathing organ of fish)

Khmer

1 entries
  • តើក noun (breathing organ of fish)

Kimaragang

1 entries
  • tangas noun (breathing organ of fish)

Korean

2 entries
  • 아가미 noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • 주름 noun (mushroom organ)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • бакалоор noun (breathing organ of fish)

Lao

4 entries
  • ກີ noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • ນາມ noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • ເກ noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • ເງີບ noun (breathing organ of fish)

Latin

1 entries
  • branchia noun (breathing organ of fish)

Latvian

1 entries
  • žaunas noun (breathing organ of fish)

Linngithigh

1 entries
  • amogh noun (breathing organ of fish)

Livonian

1 entries
  • žnougõd noun (breathing organ of fish)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • жа́бра noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • шкрга noun (breathing organ of fish)

Malay

1 entries
  • insang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • asang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Maranao

1 entries
  • asang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Māori

1 entries
  • pihapiha noun (breathing organ of fish)

Norman

1 entries
  • dginne noun (breathing organ of fish)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • avesîhk noun (breathing organ of fish)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • gjelle noun (breathing organ of fish)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • gjelle noun (breathing organ of fish)

Occitan

2 entries
  • brànquia noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • gaunha noun (breathing organ of fish)

Old English

1 entries
  • ċīe noun (breathing organ of fish)

Persian

1 entries
  • آبشش noun (breathing organ of fish)

Polish

2 entries
  • blaszka noun (mushroom organ)
  • skrzele noun (breathing organ of fish)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • brânquia noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • fenda branquial exposta noun (gill cover; gill slit)
  • guelra noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • lâmina noun (mushroom organ)

Romanian

1 entries
  • branhie noun (breathing organ of fish)

Romansch

1 entries
  • brantscha noun (breathing organ of fish)

Russian

2 entries
  • гимениа́льная пласти́нка noun (mushroom organ)
  • жа́бры noun (breathing organ of fish)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • giùran noun (breathing organ of fish)

Sebop

1 entries
  • penga'am noun (breathing organ of fish)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • listić noun (mushroom organ)
  • škȓgā noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • шкр̏га noun (breathing organ of fish)

Slovak

2 entries
  • lupeň noun (mushroom organ)
  • žiabre noun (breathing organ of fish)

Slovene

1 entries
  • škrge noun (breathing organ of fish)

Spanish

3 entries
  • agalla noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • branquia noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • laminilla noun (mushroom organ)

Swedish

2 entries
  • gäl noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • lamell noun (mushroom organ)

Tagal Murut

1 entries
  • asang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • agalya noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • hasang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ғалсама noun (breathing organ of fish)

Tamil

1 entries
  • செவுள் noun (breathing organ of fish)

Tausug

1 entries
  • hasang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Thai

1 entries
  • เหงือก noun (breathing organ of fish)

Turkish

2 entries
  • lamel noun (mushroom organ)
  • solungaç noun (breathing organ of fish)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • žabra noun (breathing organ of fish)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • жа́бри noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • зя́бра noun (breathing organ of fish)

Urdu

1 entries
  • گلپهڑا noun (breathing organ of fish)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • oyquloq noun (breathing organ of fish)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • mang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Volapük

1 entries
  • ciel noun (breathing organ of fish)

Welsh

4 entries
  • agen tagell noun (gill cover; gill slit)
  • clawr tagell noun (gill cover; gill slit)
  • cragen noun (breathing organ of fish)
  • crogen noun (breathing organ of fish)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • asang noun (breathing organ of fish)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Gill usually acts most efficiently.

Source: tatoeba (742059)

Conservation groups agree that, instead of being beneficial, gill plates may be harmful to human health because they contain arsenic, cadmium, and other lethal metals.

Source: tatoeba (11031871)

Fishes […] perform their respiration under water by the gills.

Source: wiktionary

Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.

Source: wiktionary

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