Meanings
haddock1
plural haddocks
- A saltwater fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
Haddock2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounimportant food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchhadot
- Anglo-Normanhadoc
- Middle Englishhaddok
- Englishhaddock
From Middle English haddok. Compare Anglo-Norman hadoc from Old French hadot, probably from an English source. Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (“to prepare”), cognate with Italian addobbare (“to souse fish or meat”). The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سمك الحدوق, سمك القد
- سمك الحدوقmarine fish
- سمك القدmarine fish
Basque eglefino
- eglefinomarine fish
Catalan eglefí
- eglefímarine fish
Chinese Cantonese 黑線鱈魚 /黑线鳕鱼
- 黑線鱈魚 /黑线鳕鱼marine fish
Chinese Mandarin 黑線鱈 /黑线鳕
- 黑線鱈 /黑线鳕 (hēixiànxuě)marine fish
Czech treska skvrnitá
- treska skvrnitámarine fish
Danish kuller
- kullermarine fish
Dutch schelvis
- schelvismarine fish
Finnish kolja
- koljamarine fish
French aiglefin, églefin
- aiglefinmarine fish
- églefinmarine fish
German Schellfisch
- Schellfischmarine fish
Greek βακαλάος
- βακαλάος (vakaláos)marine fish
Hungarian foltos tőkehal
- foltos tőkehalmarine fish
Icelandic ýsa
- ýsamarine fish
Irish cadóg
- cadógmarine fish
Italian eglefino, asinello
- eglefinomarine fish
- asinellomarine fish
- haddockmarine fish
Japanese ハドック
- ハドック (hadokku)marine fish
Lithuanian juodadėmė menkė
- juodadėmė menkėmarine fish
Norwegian Bokmål hyse, kolje
- hysemarine fish
- koljemarine fish
Persian روغنماهی کوچک
- روغنماهی کوچکmarine fish
Polish łupacz, plamiak
- łupaczmarine fish
- plamiakmarine fish
Portuguese hadoque, haddock
- hadoquemarine fish
- haddockmarine fish
- eglefimmarine fish
- arincamarine fish
Romanian eglefin
- eglefinmarine fish
Russian пи́кша
- пи́кша (píkša)marine fish
Scottish Gaelic adag
- adagmarine fish
Spanish eglefino
- eglefinomarine fish
Swedish kolja
- koljamarine fish
Turkish mezgit
- mezgitmarine fish
Ukrainian пі́кша
- пі́кша (píkša)marine fish
Welsh corbenfras, hadog
- corbenfrasmarine fish
- hadogmarine fish
Yiddish שעלפֿיש
- שעלפֿיש (shelfish)marine fish
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with haddock
All rhymes →Cite this entry
haddock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haddock
“haddock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haddock. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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