perch
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der.
Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē)der.
Latin percader.
Old French perchebor.
Middle English perche
English perch
From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-, whence also Old English forn (“trout”), German Forelle (“trout”).
Inflected forms:
form: perches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: perch
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: perches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: perching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: perched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: perched
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
gloss: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
pos: noun
tags: Australia
gloss: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
pos: noun
gloss: To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The macaw perched on Jim's shoulder.
gloss: To sit upon the edge of something.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The platform was already crowded, but the newcomers threaded their way to the front amid a decorous murmur of welcome. Mr. Peeble shoved and exhorted and two end seats emerged upon which Enid and Malone perched themselves.
gloss: To stay in an elevated position.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.
gloss: To inspect cloth using a perch.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
Derived words: American perch
Balkhash perch
barber perch
bass perch
black perch
bluenose perch
blue perch
estuarine perch
gray perch
great perch
Japanese red seaperch
lake perch
logperch
Macquarie perch
Nile perch
ocean perch
Pacific ocean perch
perchlet
perchling
perch pest
pikeperch
pirate perch
raccoon perch
rainbow perch
red-bellied perch
red gurnard perch
red perch
ringed perch
ring-tail perch
rockperch
rose fish
sandperch
sea perch → seaperch
silver perch
stone perch
striped perch
sunperch
surfperch
trout-perch
tule perch
white perch
yellow perch
perchlike
nonperching
perching bird
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: պերկեսազգի
roman: perkesazgi
lang: Finnish
word: ahven
lang: Greek
word: πέρκα
roman: pérka
lang: Italian
word: luccioperca
lang: Italian
word: sandra
lang: Italian
word: luccio
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: abbor
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tryte
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: skjebbe
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: åbor
lang: Portuguese
word: pércida
lang: Portuguese
word: percídeo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: grgeči
lang: Spanish
word: perca
lang: Turkish
word: levrek
lang: Zazaki
word: lewregane