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samlet

UK/ˈsamlət/

samlet noun: a young salmon.

Noun

samlet (plural samlets)

  1. A young salmon.
    • Demon popped into his mouth a last morsel of black bread with elastic samlet, gulped down a last pony of vodka and took his place at the table with Marina facing him across its oblong length.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 193

samlet meaning in Tamil

samlet in Tamil

வஞ்சிர வகை இளமீன்

Forms of samlet

pluralsamlets

Origin of samlet

Either a contraction of salmon + -let or a modification of earlier salmonet either on that basis or with dissimilation of /mn/ (as in chimley, a common dialectal form of chimney).

Questions about samlet

What does samlet mean?
Samlet means a young salmon.
What is samlet in Tamil?
Samlet in Tamil is வஞ்சிர வகை இளமீன். See Samlet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is samlet?
Samlet is a noun.
How do you pronounce samlet?
Samlet is pronounced /ˈsamlət/ (UK).
What is the plural of samlet?
The plural of samlet is samlets.

Words near samlet in the dictionary

  1. SAML
  2. Samland
  3. Samlandic
  4. samlaw
  5. samlaws
  6. samlet
  7. samlets
  8. samlor
  9. samlors
  10. Samma
  11. Sammamish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: samlet (page history and authors); samlet (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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