herring
pronunciation
How to pronounce herring in British English:
UK [ˈherɪŋ]
How to pronounce herring in American English:
US [ˈherɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
Word Origin
- herring
- herring: [OE] Just as the hare is probably the ‘grey animal’, so the herring could well be the ‘grey fish’. Old English hǣring goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *khēringgaz, in which the first syllable could represent the ancestor of English hoar ‘silvery-grey’ – the colour of the herring. French hareng comes from a variant of the West Germanic word.=> hare, hoar
- herring (n.)
- Old English hering (Anglian), hæring (West Saxon), from West Germanic *heringgaz (cognates: Old Frisian hereng, Middle Dutch herinc, German Hering), of unknown origin, perhaps related to or influenced in form by Old English har "gray, hoar," from the color, or to Old High German heri "host, multitude" from its large schools. French hareng, Italian aringa are from Germanic. The Battle of the Herrings (French bataille des harengs) is the popular name for the battle at Rouvrai, Feb. 12, 1492, fought in defense of a convoy of provisions, mostly herrings and other "lenten stuffe."
Example
- 1. The clyde was once rich in cod and herring .
- 2. Correct decisions were rewarded with herring .
- 3. Other oily fish like mackerel , tuna , herring , and sardines will give your heart the same boost .
- 4. Walnuts containalpha-linolenic acid , or ala , an omega-3 fatty acid that is similar to the onefound in salmon and herring .
- 5. The most common fish consumed by women in the study were cod salmon herring and mackerel .