English
Different types of fish hooks
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English fisch-hook , from Old English *fischōc ( “ fishhook ” ) , equivalent to fish + hook . Cognate with Dutch vishaak ( “ fishhook ” ) . In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.
Pronunciation
Noun
fishhook (plural fishhooks )
a barbed hook , usually metal, used for fishing
Synonyms: angle , fishing hook , hook
( slang ) a jack (the playing card )
Translations
barbed hook for fishing
Arabic: خَطَّاف m ( ḵaṭṭāf )
Armenian: կարթ (hy) ( kartʿ )
Assamese: বৰশী ( boroxi )
Azerbaijani: çəngəl (az)
Basque: amu
Belarusian: кручо́к m ( kručók )
Bikol Central: banwit (bcl)
Breton: bac'h (br) m
Bulgarian: ку́ка (bg) f ( kúka )
Catalan: ham (ca) m
Chamicuro: c̈ho'kapeli
Cherokee: ᏑᏗ ( sudi )
Chichewa: mbedza nsomba
Chinese:
Mandarin: 釣鉤 (zh) , 钓钩 (zh) ( diàogōu ) , 魚鉤 (zh) , 鱼钩 (zh) ( yúgōu )
Cornish: bagh m
Czech: háček (cs) m
Danish: fiskekrog , krog (da) c
Dutch: vishaak (nl) , haak (nl)
Esperanto: fiŝhoko
Finnish: ongenkoukku (fi) , koukku (fi)
French: hameçon (fr) m
Galician: anzol (gl) m , amocelo m , brinca (gl) f
Gallurese: amu
Georgian : კაუჭი ( ḳauč̣i ) , ანკესი ( anḳesi )
German: Angelhaken (de) m , Haken (de) m
Greek: αγκίστρ& iota ; (el) n ( agkístri )
Ancient: ἄγκ& iota ;στρον n ( ánkistron )
Hausa: fatsa f
Hungarian: horog (hu)
Ido: angelo (io)
Indonesian: mata kail (id)
Interlingua: hamo
Irish: duán (ga) m
Old Irish: ǽcath
Italian: amo (it) m
Japanese: 釣り針 (ja) ( つりばり, tsuribari ) , 釣り鉤 ( つりばり, tsuribari )
Khmer: ផ្លែសន្ទូច ( plae sɑntuuc )
Korean: 낚시 (ko) ( naksi )
Latin: hāmus m
Latvian: āķis m
Lithuanian: kabliukas m , vąšelis m
Macedonian: ја́дица f ( jádica )
Malay: mata kail
Malayalam: ചൂണ്ട (ml) ( cūṇṭa )
Maltese: ganċ tal-ħut
Maori: pohau , matau , maka
Maranao: banayaw
Mongolian: загасны дэгээ ( dzagasnϊ degee )
Ngazidja Comorian: iloo 7 or 8
Norman: ain m , cro m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: angel (no) , fiskekrok (no)
Nynorsk: ongul , ongel
Old English: angol m
Ottoman Turkish: زوقه ( zoqa )
Persian: قلاب ماهیگیری ( qollâb mâhigiri )
Polish: haczyk wędkarski m , haczyk (pl) m
Portuguese: anzol (pt) m
Rapa Nui: mangai
Romanian: cârlig (ro) n
Russian: рыболо́вный крючо́к m ( rybolóvnyj krjučók ) , крючо́к (ru) m ( krjučók )
Sardinian:
Campidanese: amu , gàmu
Logudorese: amu
Sassarese: amu
Scots: heuk
Scottish Gaelic: dubhan-iasgaich m , dubhan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̏дица f
Roman: ȕdica (sh) f
Slovak: háčik m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kokulka f
Upper Sorbian: kótwička f
Spanish: hamo (es) m , anzuelo (es) m
Swedish: fiskkrok c , krok (sv) c
Tagalog: bingwit
Tausug: bingit
Telugu: గాలము (te) ( gālamu ) , గాలం ( gālaṁ )
Thai: เบ็ดตกปลา
Ukrainian: га́чок m ( háčok )
Vietnamese: lưỡi câu (vi) , móc câu (vi)
Volapük: fitahuk (vo)
Welsh: bach (cy) m
Yakan: pessi
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