goldfish
Syllables: gold·fish/ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/
goldfish noun: a type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored. Also the nonstandard form of Goldfish.
Noun (1)
goldfish (plural goldfish or goldfishes)
- A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
- For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.
- However, unless you have a nonshedding, nonlicking breed, there's no such thing as a truly hypoallergenic dog. How about a nice goldfish instead?2017, Howard Bennett, The Fantastic Body: What Makes You Tick & How You Get Sick
- A person with an unreliable memory.
Noun (2) capitalized: Goldfish
Goldfish (plural Goldfish or Goldfishes)
- A small orange saltine-like cracker shaped in the form of a fish.
- They were both working on their second and The Bad Czech was threatening to break the pub record for eating Goldfish, previously held by the chairman of the division of chemistry. […] He took the little fish-shaped cracker and held it in fingers as big as 50-milliliter test tubes.1983, Joseph Wambaugh, The Delta Star, Morrow/Perigord, page 215
- No tomato soup with the toasted cheese? And I'd put mustard on the sandwich too, and parmesan cheese Goldfishes on the soup.1999 December 31, Tracy T., “Knock knock...”, in alt.fan.british-accent (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 Oct 2025
Also used as
goldfish is also the nonstandard form of Goldfish.
goldfish meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Tagalog
goldfish in Hindi
- fish
- सुनहरी मछली sunahrī machlī
goldfish in Urdu
- fish
- سنہری مچھلی sunharī machlī
goldfish in Malayalam
- fish
- സ്വർണ്ണമത്സം svaṟṇṇamatsaṁ
goldfish in Tagalog
- fish
- lali
More languagesFewer languages
- goldfish in Arabic
- سَمَكَة زِينة
- goldfish in Malay
- ikan emas, ikan mas
- goldfish in Indonesian
- ikan mas
- goldfish in Persian
- ماهی قرمز mâhi-ye qermez
- goldfish in Thai
- ปลาทอง bplaa tong
- goldfish in Vietnamese
- cá vàng, cá ba đuôi
Examples of goldfish in a sentence
- I bobbed my head underwater and saw the goldfish.
- OJ is as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl, and everybody knows it.
- We like the way they live, in their penthouselike surroundings filled with fake ferns and goldfish.
Forms of goldfish
| plural | goldfish |
|---|---|
| plural | goldfishes |
| plural | Goldfish |
| plural | Goldfishes |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | goldfish |
Origin of goldfish
From gold + fish.
From goldfish. Named after the shape and color.
Words formed from goldfish
- fantail goldfish
- goldfish bowl
- Goldfish Club
- goldfishery
- goldfishlike
- goldfish plant
- goldfishy
- memory of a goldfish
Phrases with goldfish
Questions about goldfish
- What does goldfish mean?
- Goldfish means a type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
- What is goldfish in Hindi?
- Goldfish in Hindi is सुनहरी मछली (sunahrī machlī). See Goldfish meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is goldfish?
- Goldfish is a noun.
- How do you pronounce goldfish?
- Goldfish is pronounced /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/.
- What is the plural of goldfish?
- The plural of goldfish is goldfish.
Words near goldfish in the dictionary
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