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zander

/ˈzæn.də(ɹ)/US/ˈzæn.dɚ/

zander noun: a European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.

zander: a European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca
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Noun

zander (plural zanders or zander)

  1. A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.
  2. Any fish of the genus Sander that live in freshwater.
    Synonyms:
    pike-perch

Proper noun capitalized: Zander

Zander (plural Zanders)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, variant of Xander.

zander meaning in Tamil and Persian

zander in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

zander in Persian

Sander lucioperca
سوف suf

Synonyms of zander

All synonyms of zander

Forms of zander

Noun
pluralzanders
pluralzander
Proper noun
pluralZanders

Plural of zander: zanders or zander

Origin of zander

Borrowed from German Zander, from a Slavic language, perhaps via Middle Low German sandāt. Pfeifer states that the first German attestation is East Central German czandas (in the Marienburger Treßlerbuch) circa 1400, which he derives from Pomeranian *sądač (compare Slovincian sãdzoc), from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ. Low Prussian forms include Zand, and other Slavic languages (e.g. Kashubian) have been considered as possible sources. Doublet of sandre.

Words that rhyme with zander

Questions about zander

What does zander mean?
Zander means a European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.
What is zander in Tamil?
Zander in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Zander meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zander?
Zander can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce zander?
Zander is pronounced /ˈzæn.də(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of zander?
The plural of zander is zanders.

Words near zander in the dictionary

  1. Zand
  2. Zanda
  3. Zande
  4. Zande Dog
  5. Zande Dogs
  6. zander
  7. zanders
  8. Zandi
  9. Zandis
  10. zandmole
  11. zandoli

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zander (page history and authors); Zander (page history and authors); zander (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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