The prawn cocktail was delicious.
Source: tatoeba (1527866)
Prawn
//pɹɔn//
Synonyms for "prawn" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (13)
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4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
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1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
113 translations across 82 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- garnaal noun (large shrimp)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- καρίς noun (large shrimp)
Arabic
3 entries- جَمْبَرِي noun (large shrimp)
- رُوبِيَان noun (large shrimp)
- قَمْبَري noun (large shrimp)
Armenian
1 entries- մանր ծովախեցգետին noun (large shrimp)
Assamese
2 entries- নিচলা মাছ noun (large shrimp)
- মিছা মাছ noun (large shrimp)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- karides noun (large shrimp)
- krevet noun (large shrimp)
Belarusian
1 entries- крэве́тка noun (large shrimp)
Bengali
4 entries- ইঁচা noun (large shrimp)
- ইচলা noun (large shrimp)
- ইচলি noun (large shrimp)
- চিংড়ি noun (large shrimp)
Bulgarian
1 entries- скари́да noun (large shrimp)
Burmese
2 entries- ပုစွန် noun (large shrimp)
- မျှင် noun (large shrimp)
Catalan
1 entries- gamba noun (large shrimp)
Cebuano
1 entries- pansat noun (large shrimp)
Chechen
1 entries- креветка noun (large shrimp)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 對蝦 /对虾 noun (large shrimp)
- 明蝦 /明虾 noun (large shrimp)
- 蝦 /虾 noun (large shrimp)
Czech
1 entries- kreveta noun (large shrimp)
Danish
1 entries- reje noun (large shrimp)
Dutch
2 entries- garnaal noun (large shrimp)
- scampi noun (large shrimp)
Erzya
1 entries- креветка noun (large shrimp)
Esperanto
1 entries- peneo noun (large shrimp)
Estonian
2 entries- garneel noun (large shrimp)
- krevett noun (large shrimp)
Finnish
2 entries- (iso) katkarapu noun (large shrimp)
- jättikatkarapu noun (large shrimp)
French
1 entries- crevette noun (large shrimp)
Galician
1 entries- gamba noun (large shrimp)
Georgian
1 entries- კრევეტი noun (large shrimp)
German
1 entries- Garnele noun (large shrimp)
Greek
1 entries- γαρίδα noun (large shrimp)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲסִילוֹנִים noun (large shrimp)
Hindi
1 entries- झींगा noun (large shrimp)
Hungarian
1 entries- garnéla noun (large shrimp)
Icelandic
1 entries- rækja noun (large shrimp)
Indonesian
1 entries- udang noun (large shrimp)
Irish
1 entries- cloicheán noun (large shrimp)
Italian
1 entries- gambero noun (large shrimp)
Japanese
2 entries- エビ noun (large shrimp)
- 海老 noun (large shrimp)
Javanese
1 entries- urang noun (large shrimp)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸೀಗಡಿ noun (large shrimp)
Kazakh
2 entries- асшаян noun (large shrimp)
- креветка noun (large shrimp)
Khmer
2 entries- បង្គា noun (large shrimp)
- ព្រោន noun (large shrimp)
Korean
2 entries- 새우 noun (large shrimp)
- 징거미 noun (large shrimp)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- креветка noun (large shrimp)
Lao
1 entries- ກຸ້ງ noun (large shrimp)
Latvian
2 entries- garnele noun (large shrimp)
- krevete noun (large shrimp)
Lithuanian
1 entries- krevetė noun (large shrimp)
Macedonian
2 entries- скамп noun (large shrimp)
- шкамп noun (large shrimp)
Malay
1 entries- udang noun (large shrimp)
Malayalam
1 entries- ചെമ്മീൻ noun (large shrimp)
Nootka
1 entries- łiłimakƛi noun (large shrimp)
Norman
1 entries- grosse chèrvette noun (large shrimp)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- reke noun (large shrimp)
Odia
1 entries- ଚିଙ୍ଗୁଡ଼ି noun (large shrimp)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تكه noun (large shrimp)
Persian
1 entries- میگو noun (large shrimp)
Polish
1 entries- krewetka noun (large shrimp)
Portuguese
2 entries- camarão noun (large shrimp)
- pitu noun (large shrimp)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਝੀਂਗਾ noun (large shrimp)
Romagnol
1 entries- gâmbar noun (large shrimp)
Romanian
1 entries- crevetă noun (large shrimp)
Russian
1 entries- креве́тка noun (large shrimp)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kozica noun (large shrimp)
- račić noun (large shrimp)
- škamp noun (large shrimp)
- козица noun (large shrimp)
Slovak
1 entries- kreveta noun (large shrimp)
Slovene
2 entries- kozica noun (large shrimp)
- rakec noun (large shrimp)
Spanish
4 entries- camarón noun (large shrimp)
- gamba noun (large shrimp)
- langostino noun (large shrimp)
- langostín noun (large shrimp)
Swahili
1 entries- uduvi noun (large shrimp)
Swedish
1 entries- räka noun (large shrimp)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠁꠍꠣ noun (large shrimp)
Tagalog
1 entries- sugpo noun (large shrimp)
Tajik
1 entries- креветка noun (large shrimp)
Tamil
1 entries- இறால் noun (large shrimp)
Tatar
1 entries- креветка noun (large shrimp)
Telugu
1 entries- రొయ్య noun (large shrimp)
Thai
1 entries- กุ้ง noun (large shrimp)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- see kindam noun (large shrimp)
Turkish
1 entries- karides noun (large shrimp)
Turkmen
1 entries- krewetka noun (large shrimp)
Ukrainian
1 entries- креве́тка noun (large shrimp)
Urdu
1 entries- جھینگا noun (large shrimp)
Uyghur
1 entries- قىسقۇچپاقا noun (large shrimp)
Uzbek
3 entries- krevetka noun (large shrimp)
- mayda qisqichbaqa noun (large shrimp)
- qisqichbaqa noun (large shrimp)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tôm noun (large shrimp)
Welsh
1 entries- corgimwch noun (large shrimp)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּראָן noun (large shrimp)
Zhuang
1 entries- gungq noun (large shrimp)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
In Saint-Louis, Senegal, aid workers are using another indigenous species, the prawn, to keep parasite levels in check in local rivers.
Source: tatoeba (10989649)
The aphrodisiac nature of prawns is evident in an epigram by the Greek poet Asclepiades.
Source: wiktionary
She's a prawn!
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.