anchova

  • 31anchovy — an|cho|vy [ˈæntʃəvi US ˈæntʃouvi] n plural anchovies [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : Spanish; Origin: anchova, probably from Italian dialect ancioa, from Vulgar Latin apjua, from Greek aphye small fish ] a very small fish that tastes strongly of… …

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  • 32Anchose — An|cho|se [an ʃo:zə] die; , n (meist Plur.) <zu span. anchoa u. port. anchova; vgl. ↑Anschovis> aus Sardellen, Sprotten, Heringen u. a. Fischen durch Einlegen und anschließende Reifung hergestellte ↑Präserve …

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  • 33anchovy — [16] English acquired anchovy from Spanish anchova (the word first turns up as an item on Falstaff’s bill at the Boar’s Head: ‘Anchovies and sack after supper … 2s 6d’, 1 Henry IV 1596), but before that its history is disputed. One school of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34Anchovis — Spl (Sardellenart) per. Wortschatz fach. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus nndl. ansjovis und ne. anchovy, diese über romanische Vermittlung (vgl. port. anchova, span. anchoa, nfrz. anchois m.) wohl aus dem Baskischen. Semantisch wäre auch ein… …

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  • 35anchovy — (n.) 1590s, from Port. anchova, from Genoese or Corsican dialect, perhaps ultimately from either L. apua small fish (from Gk. aphye small fry ) [Gamillscheg, Diez], or from Basque anchu dried fish, from anchuva dry [Klein, citing Mahn] …

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  • 36anchoveta — [ˌantʃə(ʊ) vɛtə] noun an anchovy found off the Pacific coasts of South America. [Engraulis ringens.] Origin Sp., dimin. of anchova (see anchovy) …

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  • 37anchovy — [ antʃəvi, an tʃəʊvi] noun (plural anchovies) a small shoaling fish of the herring family, an important food fish with a strong flavour. [Genus Engraulis: several species.] Origin C16: from Sp. and Port. anchova …

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  • 38biqueirão — s. m. Anchova …

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  • 39enchova — |ó| s. f. Anchova …

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  • 40anchovy — an•cho•vy [[t]ˈæn tʃoʊ vi, tʃə , ænˈtʃoʊ vi[/t]] n. pl. vies ich coo any small schooling fish of the family Engraulidae, as the European Engraulis encrasicholus, often salted and dried, canned, or made into a paste and used in cooking • Etymology …

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