pomfret
/ˈpʌmfɹɪt//ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/
pomfret noun: a fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
Noun
pomfret (plural pomfret or pomfrets)
- A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
- Any in the genus Pampus (family Stromateidae) of butterfishes.
- A golden pomfret (Trachinotus blochii, family Carangidae).
- A black pomfret (Parastromateus niger, family Carangidae).
Proper noun capitalized: Pomfret
Pomfret (countable and uncountable, plural Pomfrets)
- A surname.
- The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches...1788 July 10, “Friday’s Post”, in The Ipswich Journal, number 3026, Ipswich, Suffolk, published 12 July 1788, page [2], column 1
- A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
- A census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland.
- A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
- A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
- A town in North West province, South Africa.
pomfret meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
pomfret in Tamil
- fish of family Bramidae
- வெள்ளை வாவல் veḷḷai vāval
pomfret in Marathi
- fish of family Bramidae
- पापलेट pāpleṭ
pomfret in Bengali
- fish of family Bramidae
- রূপচান্দা rupcanda
pomfret in Telugu
- fish of family Bramidae
- మేవ mēva
More languagesFewer languages
- pomfret in Malayalam
- ആവോലി āvōli
- pomfret in Kannada
- ಮಾಂಜಿ ಮೀನು māñji mīnu
- pomfret in Gujarati
- પાપલેટ માછલી pāpleṭ māchlī
- pomfret in Malay
- bawal putih
- pomfret in Indonesian
- bawal putih
- pomfret in Persian
- ماهی حلوا سفید
- pomfret in Thai
- ปลาจะละเม็ดขาว
- pomfret in Vietnamese
- cá chim trắng
- pomfret in Myanmar
- ငါးမုတ် nga:mut
Forms of pomfret
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pomfret |
| plural | pomfrets |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Pomfrets |
Origin of pomfret
Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.
Words formed from pomfret
- Atlantic pomfret
- big-scale pomfret
- black pomfret
- ladder-finned pomfret
- Pacific pomfret
- pomfret cake
- sickle pomfret
- silver pomfret
- silvery pomfret
- white pomfret
- Woodward's pomfret
- Pomfret Center
- South Pomfret
Phrases with pomfret
Questions about pomfret
- What does pomfret mean?
- Pomfret means a fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
- What is pomfret in Tamil?
- Pomfret in Tamil is வெள்ளை வாவல் (veḷḷai vāval). See Pomfret meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pomfret?
- Pomfret can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pomfret?
- Pomfret is pronounced /ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pomfret?
- The plural of pomfret is pomfret.
Words near pomfret in the dictionary
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