Perch

//pɝt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "perch" (128 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (26)

alight roost abide abut abut on anchor aviary be based on be seated bear on bear upon berth bestraddle bestride billet billet at bird cage birdhouse bivouac bunk

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burrow camp climb down cohabit colonize

Verb(1 words)

alight

Strong matches (38)

columbary come to anchor dismount domesticate domicile domiciliate doss down dovecote drop anchor dwell ensconce establish residence fish foothold footing footplate footrail footrest get down get off

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hang out hive hold inhabit keep house kilometer land lean on lie on light live live at locate location locus standi lodge

Noun(1 words)

european perch

Verb(1 words)

light

Related words (64)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

21 entries

area unit freshwater fish land lay linear measure linear unit percoid percoid fish percoidean place pose position put seat set

Showing 16 of 21 words.

More specific

7 entries

Balkhash perch European perch bass darter pike-perch yellow perch zander

Synonyms

1 entries

alight

derived

60 entries

American perch Balkhash perch Japanese red seaperch Macquarie perch Nile perch Pacific ocean perch aperch barber perch bass perch black perch blue perch bluenose perch climbing perch deperch estuarine perch fall off one's perch

Showing 16 of 60 words.

has context

7 entries

australia ghana south africa textiles uk united kingdom usa

is a

8 entries

area unit fish fish may freshwater fish linear unit percoid fish seat support

manner of

2 entries

put sit

part of

4 entries

european perch furlong roost yellow perch

related to

49 entries

advantageous bar bird bird seat birds birds sitting branch candle chain cloth cubic elevated equal examine feet fin

Showing 16 of 49 words.

similar

1 entries

roost

Translations

194 translations across 68 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

sharmak noun (fish of the genus Perca)
sharrok noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

πέρκη noun (fish of the genus Perca)
πέτευρον noun (rod used by bird)
ὀρφώς noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Armenian

4 entries

թառ noun (rod used by bird)
պերկես noun (fish of the genus Perca)
պերկեսազգի noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
պերկեսակերպ noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)

Bashkir

1 entries

алабуға noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Belarusian

2 entries

аку́нь noun (fish of the genus Perca)
во́кунь noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Bikol Central

2 entries

tugdunan noun (rod used by bird)
tugdon verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)

Bulgarian

1 entries

ко́стур noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Catalan

2 entries

barrella noun (rod used by bird)
perca noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

鱸魚 /鲈鱼 noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

棲架 /栖架 noun (rod used by bird)
鱸魚 /鲈鱼 noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Chuvash

1 entries

уланкӑ noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Czech

3 entries

bidlo noun (rod used by bird)
hřad noun (rod used by bird)
okoun noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Danish

2 entries

abborre noun (fish of the genus Perca)
siddepind noun (rod used by bird)

Dutch

2 entries

baars noun (fish of the genus Perca)
stok noun (rod used by bird)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

олаҥге noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Esperanto

1 entries

perko noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Estonian

1 entries

ahven noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Finnish

4 entries

ahven noun (fish of the genus Perca)
ahven noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
ahven noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)
ahvenkala noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)

French

4 entries

perche noun (fish of the genus Perca)
perchoir noun (rod used by bird)
jucher verb (to place something on a perch)
percher verb (to place something on a perch)

Galician

1 entries

poleiro noun (rod used by bird)

Georgian

1 entries

ქორჭილა noun (fish of the genus Perca)

German

4 entries

Barsch noun (fish of the genus Perca)
Hühnerstange noun (rod used by bird)
niederlassen verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)
niedersetzen verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)

Greek

4 entries

κούρνια noun (rod used by bird)
πέρκα noun (fish of the genus Perca)
πέρκα noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
πέρκα noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)

Hungarian

4 entries

rúd noun (rod used by bird)
sügér noun (fish of the genus Perca)
ág noun (rod used by bird)
ülőrúd noun (rod used by bird)

Icelandic

1 entries

aborri noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Ido

1 entries

perko noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Indonesian

1 entries

hinggap verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)

Ingrian

1 entries

ahven noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Irish

2 entries

fara noun (rod used by bird)
péirse noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Italian

4 entries

branzino noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)
luccio noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
luccioperca noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
perca noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Japanese

1 entries

ペルカ noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Kazakh

1 entries

тұғыр noun (rod used by bird)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries

ёкыш noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries

ёкыш noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Korean

1 entries

횃대 noun (rod used by bird)

Latin

1 entries

perca noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Latvian

1 entries

asaris noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Macedonian

2 entries

ко́стреш noun (fish of the genus Perca)
се́дело noun (rod used by bird)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠮᡥᠠ noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Māori

2 entries

pae noun (rod used by bird)
rongohua noun (rod used by bird)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries

pillulkie noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)

Nootka

2 entries

ƛ̕isapaḥ noun (fish of the genus Perca)
ƛ̕isapiiḥ noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Norman

1 entries

pèrche noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

abbor noun (fish of the genus Perca)
abbor noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
piggfinnefisk noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)
sittepinne noun (rod used by bird)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

åbor noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

تونك noun (rod used by bird)
تونكلمك verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)
تونكلمك verb (to stay in an elevated position)
تونهمك verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)

Polabian

1 entries

borš noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Polish

4 entries

grzęda noun (rod used by bird)
okoń noun (fish of the genus Perca)
żerdź noun (rod used by bird)
przysiadać verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)

Portuguese

4 entries

perca noun (fish of the genus Perca)
perciforme noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)
percídeo noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
poleiro noun (rod used by bird)

Romanian

1 entries

biban noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Russian

4 entries

жердь noun (rod used by bird)
жёрдочка noun (rod used by bird)
насе́ст noun (rod used by bird)
о́кунь noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

basan noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)
creagag-uisge noun (fish of the genus Perca)
muc-locha noun (fish of the genus Perca)
spiris noun (rod used by bird)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

grgeč noun (fish of the genus Perca)
grgeči noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
grgečke noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)
гргеч noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Slovak

2 entries

bidlo noun (rod used by bird)
okúň noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Southern Altai

1 entries

алабуга noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Spanish

4 entries

alcándara noun (rod used by bird)
perca noun (fish of the genus Perca)
perca noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
percha noun (rod used by bird)

Swedish

2 entries

abborre noun (fish of the genus Perca)
sittpinne noun (rod used by bird)

Tatar

1 entries

алабуга noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Turkish

4 entries

levrek noun (fish of the genus Perca)
levrek noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
levrek noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)
tünek noun (rod used by bird)

Udmurt

1 entries

юш noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Ukrainian

1 entries

о́кунь noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Walloon

4 entries

djok noun (rod used by bird)
adjoker verb (to place something on a perch)
s' adjoker verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)
s' adjoker verb (to stay in an elevated position)

Welsh

1 entries

draenog noun (fish of the genus Perca)

West-Frisian

1 entries

bears noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Western Mari

1 entries

алангы noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Yiddish

3 entries

אָקון noun (fish of the genus Perca)
אַראָפּלאָזן verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)
זיצן verb (to rest on a perch, to roost)

Yurok

1 entries

wahkwehl noun (fish of the genus Perca)

Zazaki

4 entries

dunek noun (rod used by bird)
lewreg noun (fish of the genus Perca)
lewregane noun (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae)
lewreginan noun (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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What!? How could such a civilised man say such a thing! My monocle has fallen from its rightful perch! You ought to be ashamed of yourself!

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The birds use the scarecrow as a perch.

Source: tatoeba (6685028)

The sparrow landed on the perch of the bird feeder.

Source: tatoeba (6767444)

You can not easily catch a perch.

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