sturgeon
pronunciation
How to pronounce sturgeon in British English:
UK [ˈstɜ:dʒən]
How to pronounce sturgeon in American English:
US [ˈstɜrdʒən]
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- Noun:
- large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
Word Origin
- sturgeon (n.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French sturgeon, Old French esturjon, from Frankish *sturjo- or another Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *sturjon- (cognates: Old High German sturio "sturgeon," Old English styria). Cognate with Lithuanian ersketras, Russian osetr "sturgeon;" the whole group is of obscure origin, perhaps from a lost pre-Indo-European tongue of northern Europe, or from the root of stir (v.). Medieval Latin sturio, Italian storione, Spanish esturion are Germanic loan-words.
Example
- 1. You were right this evening : the sturgeon was a bit too strong !
- 2. And if your household budget is tight , maybe you don 't really need the $ 65 per-pound smoked sturgeon .
- 3. Or perhaps you salivate at the prospect of eggs from siberian sturgeon raised in the lap of luxury on a french aquafarm .
- 4. Officials blame bad weather , and pollution for the dwindling numbers of sturgeon - the fish whose eggs produce one of the world 's priciest gourmet treats .
- 5. Out on the river , chinese fishermen zip around in speedboats , looking for the giant but elusive amur sturgeon .