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gourami

UK/ɡʊˈrɑːmi/US/ɡuːˈrɑmiː/

gourami noun: an edible freshwater fish of the family Osphronemidae.

Noun

gourami (plural gouramis or gouramies)

  1. An edible freshwater fish of the family Osphronemidae.
    Synonyms:
    water pig

gourami meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

gourami in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

gourami in Tagalog

fish of the family Osphronemidae
gurami

gourami in Malay

fish of the family Osphronemidae
gurami

gourami in Indonesian

fish of the family Osphronemidae
gurami
More languagesFewer languages
gourami in Vietnamese
cá sặc, sặc

Synonyms of gourami

Forms of gourami

pluralgouramis
pluralgouramies

Origin of gourami

From French gourami, from Malay gurami, from Javanese ꦒꦸꦫꦩꦶ (gurami).

Words formed from gourami

Questions about gourami

What does gourami mean?
Gourami means an edible freshwater fish of the family Osphronemidae.
What is gourami in Tamil?
Gourami in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Gourami meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gourami?
Gourami is a noun.
How do you pronounce gourami?
Gourami is pronounced /ɡʊˈrɑːmi/ (UK).
What is the plural of gourami?
The plural of gourami is gouramis.

Words near gourami in the dictionary

  1. goung
  2. goungs
  3. Gounodian
  4. gour
  5. goura
  6. gourami
  7. gouramies
  8. gouramis
  9. gouras
  10. Gouraud
  11. Gouraud shading

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gourami (page history and authors); gourami (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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