Oyster

/ˈɔɪ.stə/

Synonyms for "oyster" (47 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

Noun(1 words)
bivalve

Strong matches (14)

dark meatdrumstickdungeness crabfortefowlgibletsjapanese crablangousteleglimpetlittleneck clamlobsterlong suit
Noun(1 words)
huitre

Related words (23)

Noun(4 words)
molluskpearl oysterpearl producershellfish

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

13 entries

More specific

4 entries
Akoya oysterEastern oysterPacific oysterSouth Sea oyster

Collocations

5 entries
oyster baroyster farmingoyster knifeoyster sauceoyster shell

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Translations

174 translations across 108 languages.

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Abenaki

1 entries
  • als noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • oester noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Albanian

1 entries
  • stridhe noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • γλυκομαρίς noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • τῆθος noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ὄστρεον noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ὄστρεον noun (food from mollusc)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إسترديا noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • محار noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • مَحَار noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • مَحَار noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ոստրե noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • istiridyə noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • stridiya noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • استریدیه noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Basque

1 entries
  • ostra noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ву́стрыца noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ঝিনুক noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • सीप noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Breton

1 entries
  • istr noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • стри́да noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • стрида noun (food from mollusc)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကမာ noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ostra noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • tirem noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 蠔 /蚝 noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • 蠔 /蚝 noun (food from mollusc)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 海蠣子 /海蛎子 noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • 牡蠣 /牡蛎 noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • 牡蠣 /牡蛎 noun (food from mollusc)
  • 蠔 /蚝 noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Cornish

1 entries
  • estren noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Corsican

2 entries
  • ostrica noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ostrice noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Czech

1 entries
  • ústřice noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Danish

1 entries
  • østers noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Dutch

1 entries
  • oester noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ostro noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Estonian

1 entries
  • auster noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Faroese

1 entries
  • ostra noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Finnish

3 entries
  • osteri noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • osteri noun (food from mollusc)
  • osterinharmaa noun (colour)

French

3 entries
  • huitre noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • huître noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • huître noun (food from mollusc)

Galician

1 entries
  • ostra noun (food from mollusc)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ხამანწკა noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

German

2 entries
  • Auster noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • Auster noun (food from mollusc)

Greek

2 entries
  • στρείδι noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • στρείδι noun (food from mollusc)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • zwit noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kio noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צִדפָּה noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Hindi

2 entries
  • शुक्ति noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • सीप noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • osztriga noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ostra noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Ido

1 entries
  • ostro noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tiram noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Irish

1 entries
  • oisre noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Italian

2 entries
  • ostrica noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ostrica noun (food from mollusc)

Japanese

4 entries
  • カキ noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • カキ noun (food from mollusc)
  • 牡蠣 noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • 牡蠣 noun (food from mollusc)

Javanese

1 entries
  • kerang noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • устрица noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • устрица noun (food from mollusc)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ខ្យងស្មិត noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ងាវ noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ងាវសមុទ្រ noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Kimaragang

1 entries
  • kubili noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Korean

2 entries
  • 굴 noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • 굴 noun (food from mollusc)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • устрица noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຫອຍນາງລົມ noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ຫອຽນາງລົມ noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Latin

2 entries
  • ostrea noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ostrea noun (food from mollusc)

Latvian

1 entries
  • austere noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • austrė noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries
  • zwit noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wustrica noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Auster noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • о́стрига noun (food from mollusc)
  • о́стриги noun (food from mollusc)
  • острига noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • masajy noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Malay

1 entries
  • tiram noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മുത്തുച്ചിപ്പി noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Manx

1 entries
  • ooastyr noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Mi'kmaq

2 entries
  • mntmu noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • tmtmu noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Mohegan-Pequot

1 entries
  • apon noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хясаа noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Murik (New Guinea)

1 entries
  • kabaŋk noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Māori

1 entries
  • tio noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Navajo

3 entries
  • chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼí íiyisígíí noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼígíí noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼígíí noun (food from mollusc)

Norman

1 entries
  • hitre noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • Skruk noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • østers noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • østers noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ustra noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Old English

1 entries
  • ostre noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • استردیه noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • استریدیه noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Persian

3 entries
  • اویستر noun (food from mollusc)
  • گوشماهی noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • گوشماهی noun (food from mollusc)

Polish

2 entries
  • ostryga noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ostryga noun (food from mollusc)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • marisco noun (food from mollusc)
  • ostra noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Romanian

2 entries
  • stridie noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • stridie noun (food from mollusc)

Russian

2 entries
  • у́стрица noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • у́стрица noun (food from mollusc)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • eisir noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • oisir noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kamenica noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • kamenica noun (food from mollusc)
  • oštriga noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • каменица noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • බෙල්ලා noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ustrica noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Slovene

1 entries
  • ostriga noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ostia (disused) noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ostión noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ostra noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ostra noun (food from mollusc)

Swedish

2 entries
  • ostron noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • ostron noun (food from mollusc)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • talaba noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гӯшмоҳӣ noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சிப்பி noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Telugu

1 entries
  • గుల్ల noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Thai

2 entries
  • มุก noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • หอยนางรม noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Turkish

2 entries
  • istiridye noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • istiridye noun (food from mollusc)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ustrisa noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Tày

2 entries
  • cắp cuồng noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • cắp pai noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • у́стриця noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Unami

1 entries
  • sisawin noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • wustrica noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Urdu

1 entries
  • شکتی noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • ustritsa noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • hàu noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • hàu noun (food from mollusc)
  • sò noun (food from mollusc)

Volapük

1 entries
  • hüit noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Walloon

2 entries
  • plate mosse noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • plate mosse noun (food from mollusc)

Welsh

2 entries
  • llymarch noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)
  • wystrys noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • tigom noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • oester noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אויסטער noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ìsán noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ukhwathu class 11/10 noun (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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You need to top up your Oyster Card.

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It's easier to open an oyster without a knife than the mouth of a lawyer without fees.

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The life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

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Penalty fare or prosecution : if you fail to show on demand a valid ticket for the whole of your journey or a validated Oyster card.

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