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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PILCHARD

Pylcher, of obscure origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PILCHARD

pilchard  [ˈpɪltʃəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PILCHARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pilchard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PILCHARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pilchard

Sardine

Sardines Sardines are small epipelagic fish that sometimes migrate along the coast in large schools. They are an important forage fish for larger forms of marine life. Global commercial capture of sardines in tonnes reported by the FAO 1950–2009 Sardines, or pilchards, are common names used to refer to various small, oily fish within the herring family of Clupeidae. The term sardine was first used in English during the early 15th century and may come from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once abundant. The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region. The United Kingdom's Sea Fish Industry Authority, for example, classifies sardines as young pilchards. One criterion suggests fish shorter in length than 6 inches are sardines, and larger ones pilchards. The FAO/WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines; FishBase, a comprehensive database of information about fish, calls at least six species "pilchard", over a dozen just "sardine", and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives.

Definition of pilchard in the English dictionary

The definition of pilchard in the dictionary is a European food fish, Sardina pilchardus, with a rounded body covered with large scales: family Clupeidae. Other definition of pilchard is a related fish, Sardinops neopilchardus, of S Australian waters.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PILCHARD


apertured
ˈæpətʃəd
cultured
ˈkʌltʃəd
fractured
ˈfræktʃəd
full-featured
ˈfʊlˌfiːtʃəd
fully-featured
ˌfʊlɪˈfiːtʃəd
orchard
ˈɔːtʃəd
pochard
ˈpəʊtʃəd
Richard
ˈrɪtʃəd
sculptured
ˈskʌlptʃəd
strictured
ˈstrɪktʃəd
structured
ˈstrʌktʃəd
sweet-natured
ˌswiːtˈneɪtʃəd
textured
ˈtekstʃəd
tortured
ˈtɔːtʃəd
uncultured
ʌnˈkʌltʃəd
ungenitured
ʌnˈdʒɛnɪtʃəd
unmanufactured
ˌʌnmænjʊˈfæktʃəd
unsculptured
ʌnˈskʌlptʃəd
unstructured
ʌnˈstrʌktʃəd
untinctured
ʌnˈtɪŋktʃəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PILCHARD

pilar
pilaster
pilastered
Pilate
Pilates
Pilatus
pilau
pilau rice
pilaw
pilch
pilcher
Pilcomayo
pilcorn
pilcrow
pile
pile arms
pile cap
pile dwelling
pile it on
pile on the agony

WORDS THAT END LIKE PILCHARD

apple orchard
Beghard
blowhard
chard
cherry orchard
clochard
die hard
die-hard
Eberhard
echard
Erhard
go hard
hard
mouchard
rock-hard
semihard
shard
Swiss chard
the Shard
Trenchard

Synonyms and antonyms of pilchard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pilchard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PILCHARD

Find out the translation of pilchard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pilchard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pilchard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沙丁鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sardina
570 millions of speakers

English

pilchard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक प्रकार की जई
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البلشار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сардина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sardinha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হেরিং-জাতীয় সামুদ্রিক মত্স্যবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pilchard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pilchard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sardine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイワシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정어리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pilchard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá biển nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pilchard
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रवासी असतात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sardalya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sardina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sardynka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сардина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sardea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαρδέλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sardyne
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sardiner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pilchard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pilchard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PILCHARD»

The term «pilchard» is regularly used and occupies the 58.777 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PILCHARD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pilchard» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pilchard» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pilchard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILCHARD»

Discover the use of pilchard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pilchard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Where's Pilchard?
When Pilchard mysteriously vanishes, the whole gang must finish their work before they can look for her, in a delightful lift-the-flap story. Original.
Laura Driscoll, Giuseppe Castellano, 2003
2
The Voyage of the Pilchard
CHAPTER 2: All Aboard the Pilchard Charlotte Small stopped and looked down at her clothes. The last thing she wanted was to look like a girl. The ship rolled and creaked and grated against the hard stone quay. Its name, the Pilchard, was  ...
David Rothwell, 2009
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Mackerel and Pilchard Fisheries...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Cornish, 2011
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Review of the State of World Marine Fishery Resources
Figure C4.1 - Observed long-term catch variability of Japanese pilchard ( Sardinops melanostictus) in the Northwest Pacific, California pilchard (S. caeruleus) in the Eastern Central Pacific and South American pilchard (S. sagax) in the ...
‎2005
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Multilingual Dictionary of Fish and Fish Products
Semi preserved: vinegar- or spice-cured (Japan). Meal and oil: main outlet for Pacific spp. The species Sardina pilchardus is designated by both 'Pilchard' and ' Sardine' (see + SARDINE). Generally 'Pilchard' refers to the bigger size species.
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
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The World Supply and Demand Picture for Canned Small Pelagic ...
Consumption of canned sardine products (restricted by national labelling regulations to small-size european pilchard), while greater than that of canned herring products, stagnated in recent years because of the lack of growth in import ...
B. V. Lanier, 1981
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The anatomy of the North American pilchard and its bearing ...
HISTORY OF THE NOMENCLATURE The generio and specific nomenclature of the North American sardine or pilchard has been long disputed* The history of the nomenclature of the species is briefly as follows: - The pilchard was first ...
William R Whittaker, 1932
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The Cornish Pilchard Fishery...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
J C O, 2012
9
Climate Change and the Economics of the World's Fisheries: ...
The aim of this investigation is to determine which period x would be the most appropriate choice to specify the running mean y,x for estimator D1 across all three MPs (and any combinations of these) for both pilchard and anchovy. Option M1 ...
R. Hannesson, Rögnvaldur Hannesson, Manuel Barange, 2006
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Pilchard and the Big Surprise
When Pilchard keeps disappearing, Roley doesn't know why. So he follows the stripy cat and gets a big surprise.
EGMONT BOOKS, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILCHARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pilchard is used in the context of the following news items.
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PEOPLE: Polperro fisherman Bill Cowan
To the scores of visitors who take his picture each summer, Bill is as Polperro as the Blue Peter pub or pilchard processing. But it wasn't always ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
2
Weekend perfect time to wet a line offshore
Half a pilchard or a whole sprat rigged on a wide gap hook lightly weighted or floated along the rock walls around the Milliquin mill or the new ... «Bundaberg News Mail, Jul 15»
3
Fishingcast, Bonita, Estero, July 25-31
Hard bottom as close as eight miles with live pinfish, pilchard worked into hard bottom crevices. Noted areas now very good catch, keep ratio. «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Category: Video Games - Episode 47: Randy Pilchard
Category: Video Games Another week has gone by and that means it's time for another Category: Video Games. If you are joining us for the first ... «Bleeding Cool News, Jul 15»
5
Joburg woman finds freaky creature in Lucky Star tinned fish
... quality checks instituted during and after production at all their fish canning facilities to produce the highest quality pilchard and sauce. «The Citizen, Jul 15»
6
On the Water: Rain brings some cooler temperatures
Baits included white flies in a pilchard pattern, small silver spoons and live pilchards or small pinfish. Several trout to 18 inches, mangrove ... «Pine Island Eagle, Jul 15»
7
Biteline: Tuna and a whale sighting in Victoria's southwest
Beaches from Bridgewater to North Shore are producing salmon to 3kg on pilchard. The Lee Breakwall has barracouta and salmon. A southern ... «Weekly Times Now, Jul 15»
8
Reel Line defends its "Walk on Water" title
"The big one popped up, we pitched him a live pilchard and he inhaled it," said Miller, adding that Chris caught the fish on a 15-pound spinning ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
9
Set sail for the reefs: big ones are waiting
These may be a whole mackerel, a slab of skinned fresh kahawai or a whole piper or pilchard. You can also find fish close to the city. Spots like ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
10
Brave anglers battle winter chill
Richard Fister of Yamba was another who fished the southern grounds off Sandon and brought in a snapper of 7.200kg, also on a pilchard bait. «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pilchard [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pilchard>. Apr 2024 ».
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