jellyfish
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gel-
Latin gelū
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin gelō
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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin -āta
Early Medieval Latin gelāta
Old French geleebor.
Middle English gele
English jelly
Proto-Indo-European *péysks
Proto-Germanic *fiskaz
Proto-West Germanic *fisk
Old English fisċ
Middle English fisch
English fish
English jellyfish
From jelly + fish. From being an aquatic creature (i.e. fish) that is gelatinous (“jelly”). Despite the name, jellyfish are not biologically classified as fish.
The term appeared in the mid-19th century and displaced various older terms such as sea jelly (now much less common), blubber/sea blubber, nettle/sea nettle (both now referring to specific jellyfish species), and, in scientific literature, medusa.
Base: jelly
Inflected forms:
form: jellyfish
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jellyfishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities.
There are asexual variants among all sorts of creatures, including jellyfish, dandelions, lichens and lizards.
gloss: An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
especially
uncountable
gloss: An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely four rows and four columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: medusa
scyphistoma
Derived words: alarm jellyfish
arctic red jellyfish
Atolla jellyfish
barrel jellyfish
blubber jellyfish
blue blubber jellyfish
blue bottle jellyfish
box jellyfish
cabbagehead jellyfish
cannonball jellyfish
cigar jellyfish
common jellyfish
compass jellyfish
compound jellyfish
crown jellyfish
flame jellyfish
fried-egg jellyfish
giant jellyfish
helmet jellyfish
immortal jellyfish
Irukandji jellyfish
jellyfish itch
jellyfish baby
jellyfish galaxy
jellyfish tree
jellyfish UFO
jellyfishlike
jellyfishy
lion's mane jellyfish
moon jellyfish
mushroom jellyfish
Nomura's jellyfish
purple-striped jellyfish
rocket jellyfish
space jellyfish
stalked jellyfish
thimble jellyfish
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: медуза
roman: meduza
lang: Afrikaans
word: jellievis
lang: Albanian
word: kandil deti
lang: Arabic
word: قِنْدِيل الْبَحْر
roman: qindīl al-baḥr
lang: Arabic
word: قِنْدِيل
roman: qindīl
lang: Arabic
word: قَنْديل
roman: gandīl
lang: Armenian
word: մեդուզա
roman: meduza
lang: Assamese
word: সাগৰীয়া ছাতি
roman: xagoria sati
lang: Assamese
word: জেলীমাছ
roman: zelimas
lang: Asturian
word: marmoca
lang: Asturian
word: aguamala
lang: Asturian
word: veleru
lang: Asturian
word: celentereu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: meduza
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dəniz anası
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dəniz göbələyi
lang: Basque
word: marmoka
lang: Belarusian
word: меду́за
roman: mjedúza
lang: Bengali
word: জেলিফিশ
roman: jeliphiś
lang: Central Bikol
word: palit
lang: Central Bikol
word: salabay
lang: Breton
word: morgaoulenn
lang: Breton
word: blonegenn-vor
lang: Bulgarian
word: меду́за
roman: medúza
lang: Burmese
word: ငါးဖန်ခွက်
roman: nga:hpanhkwak
lang: Catalan
word: medusa
lang: Catalan
word: borm
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏩᏂᎨ ᎠᏣᏗ
roman: wanige atsadi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 水母
roman: seoi² mou⁵
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 海蜇
roman: hoi² zit³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 水母
roman: shuǐmǔ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 海蜇
roman: hǎizhé
lang: Comox
word: q̓ʊpɬanačaɬ
lang: Cornish
word: morgowlesen
lang: Czech
word: medúza
lang: Danish
word: gople
lang: Danish
word: vandmand
lang: Danish
word: brandmand
lang: Dutch
word: kwal
lang: Esperanto
word: meduzo
lang: Estonian
word: meduus
lang: Estonian
word: millimallikas
lang: Finnish
word: meduusa
lang: French
word: méduse
lang: West-Frisian
word: kwab
lang: Galician
word: augamar
lang: Galician
word: medusa
lang: Georgian
word: მედუზა
roman: meduza
lang: German
word: Qualle
lang: German
word: Meduse
lang: Greek
word: μέδουσα
roman: médousa
lang: Greek
word: τσούχτρα
roman: tsoúchtra
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἁλιπλεύμων
roman: halipleúmōn
lang: Hawaiian
word: pololia
lang: Hebrew
word: מֶדוּזָה
roman: meduzá
lang: Hindi
word: जेलिफ़िश
roman: jelifiś
lang: Hindi
word: गिजगिजिया
roman: gijgijiyā
lang: Hungarian
word: medúza
lang: Icelandic
word: marglytta
lang: Ido
word: meduzo
lang: Ilocano
word: karominas
lang: Indonesian
word: ubur-ubur
lang: Indonesian
word: ampai-ampai
lang: Ingrian
word: meduza
lang: Interlingua
word: medusa
lang: Irish
word: smugairle róin
lang: Italian
word: medusa
lang: Japanese
word: 海月
roman: kurage
lang: Japanese
word: 水母
roman: kurage
lang: Japanese
word: クラゲ
roman: kurage
lang: Japanese
word: すいぼ
roman: suibo
lang: Javanese
word: uwur-uwur
lang: Kazakh
word: медуза
roman: meduza
lang: Khmer
word: ខ្ញែរសមុទ្រ
roman: khñae saʼmot
lang: Khmer
word: ជំពុលទឹក
roman: cum pul tɨk
lang: Kimaragang
word: bolung
lang: Korean
word: 해파리
roman: haepari
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: bûka deryayê
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: pişemasî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: medûsa
lang: Kyrgyz
word: медуза
roman: meduza
lang: Lao
word: ແມງກະພົນ
roman: mǣng ka phon
lang: Lao
word: ກະພົນ
roman: ka phon
lang: Latin
word: pulmo
lang: Latin
word: halipleumon
lang: Latvian
word: medūza
lang: Lithuanian
word: medūza
lang: Lushootseed
word: kəlapχʷəlč
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Jelliskapp
lang: Macedonian
word: медуза
roman: meduza
lang: Malay
word: ampai-ampai
lang: Malay
word: ubur-ubur
lang: Malay
word: obor-obor
lang: Brunei Malay
word: ubur-ubur
lang: Malayalam
word: കടല്ച്ചൊറി
roman: kaṭalccoṟi
lang: Maltese
word: brama
lang: Manx
word: skeeah ny muc varrey
lang: Manx
word: skeeah rauney
lang: Manx
word: slouree
lang: Manx
word: slumm
lang: Manx
word: smug rauney
lang: Māori
word: maremaretai
lang: Māori
word: tepetepe
lang: Māori
word: petipeti
lang: Māori
word: kūreperepe-ā-tai
lang: Māori
word: kakaru moana
lang: Māori
word: kūreperepe moana
lang: Central Melanau
word: buboh
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: sasap
lang: Mongolian
word: медуз
roman: meduz
lang: Navajo
word: jélii łóóʼ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: manet
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: медуза
roman: meduza
lang: Pashto
word: مېډوسا
lang: Polish
word: meduza
lang: Portuguese
word: medusa
lang: Portuguese
word: água-viva
lang: Portuguese
word: alforreca
lang: Quechua
word: kachu k'arachiq
lang: Romanian
word: meduză
lang: Russian
word: меду́за
roman: medúza
lang: Saanich
word: SȽW̱EM¸Í¸ḴSEN
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sgeoldair
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sgoldrach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: медуза
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: meduza
lang: Sicilian
word: bromu
lang: Sinhalese
word: ලොඩි
roman: loḍi
lang: Sinhalese
word: ජෙලිෆිෂ්
roman: jelifiṣ
lang: Slovak
word: medúza
lang: Slovene
word: meduza
lang: Spanish
word: aguamala
lang: Spanish
word: aguaviva
lang: Spanish
word: malagua
lang: Spanish
word: ortiga de mar
lang: Spanish
word: acafelo
lang: Spanish
word: ortiga marina
lang: Spanish
word: aguamar
lang: Swedish
word: manet
lang: Tagalog
word: dikya
lang: Tahitian
word: paʻipaʻi
lang: Tajik
word: медуза
roman: meduza
lang: Tamil
word: இழுது
roman: iḻutu
lang: Tamil
word: சொறிமுட்டை
roman: coṟimuṭṭai
lang: Thai
word: แมงกะพรุน
roman: mɛɛng-gà-prun
lang: Thai
word: กะพรุน
roman: gà-prun
lang: Tigrinya
word: ዓሳ ለግለግ
roman: ʿasa lägläg
lang: Turkish
word: denizanası
lang: Turkmen
word: meduza
lang: Ukrainian
word: меду́за
roman: medúza
lang: Urdu
word: جیلِیفِش
roman: jelīfiś
lang: Uyghur
word: مېدۇزا
roman: mëduza
lang: Uzbek
word: meduza
lang: Vietnamese
word: sứa
lang: Waray-Waray
word: bantol
lang: Welsh
word: slefren fôr
lang: Welsh
word: cont fôr
lang: Welsh
word: cont y môr
lang: Yiddish
word: מעדוזע
roman: meduze
lang: Yup'ik
word: egaarniq
lang: Yup'ik
word: itulek
lang: Yup'ik
word: masaaq
lang: Yup'ik
word: nuayaaq