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gold·fish

(gōld′fĭsh′)

n. pl. goldfish or gold·fish·es

A freshwater cyprinid fish (Carassius auratus) native to eastern Asia, usually having brassy or reddish coloring and bred in many ornamental forms as an aquarium fish.

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goldfish

(ˈɡəʊldˌfɪʃ)

n, pl -fish or -fishes

1. (Animals) a freshwater cyprinid fish, Carassius auratus, of E Europe and Asia, esp China, widely introduced as a pond or aquarium fish. It resembles the carp and has a typically golden or orange-red coloration

2. (Animals) any of certain similar ornamental fishes, esp the golden orfe. See orfe

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gold•fish

(ˈgoʊldˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.

a small usu. yellow or orange cyprinid fish, Carassius auratus, native to China and bred in many varieties.

[1690–1700]

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Noun

goldfish - small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes

Carassius auratus

cyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

Carassius, genus Carassius - goldfish

silverfish - a silvery variety of Carassius auratus

Translations

goudvis

سَمَك بلون ذَهَبيسَمَكٌ ذَهَبِيّ

zlatá rybka

guldfisk

Goldfisch

χρυσόψαρο

pececito rojo pez dorado

kultakala

poisson rouge

zlatna ribica

aranyhal

gullfiskur

pesce rosso

金魚

금붕어

zlatá rybka

zlata ribica

guldfisk

ปลาทอง

Japon balığıkırmızı balık

cá vàng

金鱼

goldfish

[ˈgəʊldfɪʃ]

A. N (goldfish or goldfishes (pl)) → pez m de colores

B. CPD goldfish bowl N → pecera f
to live in a goldfish bowl → vivir como en una vitrina

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

goldfish

[ˈgəʊldfɪʃ] n → poisson m rouge
I've got five goldfish → J'ai cinq poissons rouges.goldfish bowl n → bocal m (à poissons)gold leaf n → feuille f d'orgold medal n → médaille f d'orgold medallist n → médaillé(e) m/f d'orgold mine goldmine n → mine f d'or
to be a goldmine (= very profitable) → être une mine d'orgold-plated [ˌgəʊldˈpleɪtɪd] adj → plaqué(e) or invgold prospector n → chercheur/euse m/f d'orgold record n → disque m d'orgold reserves npl → réserves fpl d'orgold-rimmed [ˌgəʊldˈrɪmd] [glasses] adj → à montures en orgold rush n → ruée f vers l'or

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

goldfish

[ˈgəʊldfɪʃ] n → pesce m rosso

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gold

(gould) noun

1. an element, a precious yellow metal used for making jewellery etc. This watch is made of gold; (also adjective) a gold watch.

2. coins, jewellery etc made of gold.

3. the colour of the metal. the shades of brown and gold of autumn leaves; (also adjective) a gold carpet.

ˈgolden adjective

1. of gold or the colour of gold. golden hair.

2. (of a wedding anniversary, jubilee etc) fiftieth. They will celebrate their golden wedding (anniversary) next month.

ˈgoldfish – plural ˈgoldfish – noun

a small golden-yellow fish often kept as a pet. The child kept a goldfish in a bowl.

ˌgold-ˈleaf noun

gold beaten into a very thin sheet. a brooch covered with gold-leaf.

gold medal

in competitions, the medal awarded as first prize.

ˈgold-mine noun

1. a place where gold is mined.

2. a source of wealth or profit. That clothes shop is an absolute gold-mine.

ˈgold-rush noun

a rush of people to a part of a country where gold has been discovered.

ˈgoldsmith noun

a person who makes jewellery, ornaments etc of gold.

as good as gold

very well-behaved.

golden opportunity

a very good opportunity.

goldfish

→ سَمَكٌ ذَهَبِيّ zlatá rybka guldfisk Goldfisch χρυσόψαρο pececito rojo, pez dorado kultakala poisson rouge zlatna ribica pesce rosso 金魚 금붕어 goudvis gullfisk złota rybka peixe dourado золотая рыбка guldfisk ปลาทอง Japon balığı cá vàng 金鱼

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`Here!' cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with the edge of her skirt, upsetting all the jurymen on to the heads of the crowd below, and there they lay sprawling about, reminding her very much of a globe of goldfish she had accidentally upset the week before.

`Oh, I BEG your pardon!' she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could, for the accident of the goldfish kept running in her head, and she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box, or they would die.

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Wilson was the richest man in Blackstable, he was thought to have at least five hundred a year, and he had married his cook--Philip sat demurely in the stiff parlour, used only to receive visitors, and busied himself with the restless movements of goldfish in a bowl.

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"Oh, do not give me credit for this, madame; it was done by the Romans, who much esteemed them, and Pliny relates that they sent slaves from Ostia to Rome, who carried on their heads fish which he calls the mulus, and which, from the description, must probably be the goldfish. It was also considered a luxury to have them alive, it being an amusing sight to see them die, for, when dying, they change color three or four times, and like the rainbow when it disappears, pass through all the prismatic shades, after which they were sent to the kitchen.

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Some minds are wonderful for keeping their bloom in this way, as a patriarchal goldfish apparently retains to the last its youthful illusion that it can swim in a straight line beyond the encircling glass.

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"Rabbits, ribbons, sweetmeats, goldfish, rolls of coloured paper," said the reverend gentleman with rapidity.

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The sculptor should have represented New York as a conjuror in evening dress, smiling blandly as he changed a rabbit into a bowl of goldfish. For that, above all else, is New York's speciality.

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It was half a dock for the dingy in which one plowed these miniature waters and half a bathing-box for those who preferred their morning tub among the goldfish. I could not think of a safer asylum than this, if we must spend the night upon the premises; and Raffles agreed with me when I had led him by sheltering shrubbery and perilous lawn to the diminutive chalet between the rhododendrons and the water.

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This article not being forthcoming either, he requested to be served with a fricassee of boot-tops and goldfish sauce, and then laughing heartily, gratified his hearers with a very long, very loud, and most melodious bellow.

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Many goldfish suffer from Swim Bladder Disease that prevents them from staying afloat.

Goldfish gets wheelchair and social media "loves it"

"I know it's silly to cry over a goldfish but we'd had him so long."

Britain's oldest goldfish George dies aged 44 leaving owners in tears; Keith Allies, 75, from Worcester, won George at a fair in 1974 for his future wife Mary as a romantic gesture

The goldfish was still alive after being taken from its pond by the cat, who took it home in its mouth.