Meanings
plural cod liver oils · alternative cod-liver oil · alternative codliver oil
- uncountableusuallyOil derived from the liver of codfish, often used as a nutritional supplement due to its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.
Synonyms: CLO
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOil derived from the liver of codfish, often used as a nutritional supplement due to its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan oli de fetge de bacallà
- oli de fetge de bacallànutritional supplement
Chinese Mandarin 魚肝油 /鱼肝油, 肝油
- 魚肝油 /鱼肝油 (yúgānyóu)nutritional supplement
- 肝油 (gānyóu)nutritional supplement
Dutch levertraan
- levertraannutritional supplement
Esperanto moruhepatoleo
- moruhepatoleonutritional supplement
Estonian kalamaksaõli
- kalamaksaõlinutritional supplement
Finnish kalanmaksaöljy
- kalanmaksaöljynutritional supplement
French huile de foie de morue
- huile de foie de moruenutritional supplement
German Lebertran, Dorschleberöl
- Lebertrannutritional supplement
- Dorschleberölnutritional supplement
- Dorschlebertrannutritional supplement
Greek μουρουνέλαιο
- μουρουνέλαιο (mourounélaio)nutritional supplement
Hungarian csukamájolaj
- csukamájolajnutritional supplement
Icelandic þorskalýsi, grútur
- þorskalýsinutritional supplement
- grúturnutritional supplement
Indonesian levertran, minyak hati ikan kod
- levertrannutritional supplement
- minyak hati ikan kodnutritional supplement
- minyak ikan kodnutritional supplement
Irish ola ae troisc
- ola ae troiscnutritional supplement
Italian olio di fegato di merluzzo
- olio di fegato di merluzzonutritional supplement
Japanese 肝油, 魚油
- 肝油 (kan'yu)nutritional supplement
- 魚油 (gyoyu)nutritional supplement
Korean 간유, 어간유
- 간유 (ganyu)nutritional supplement
- 어간유 (eoganyu)nutritional supplement
- 어유 (eoyu)nutritional supplement
Latvian mencu aknu eļļa
- mencu aknu eļļanutritional supplement
Malay minyak ikan kod
- minyak ikan kodnutritional supplement
Norwegian Bokmål tran
- trannutritional supplement
Polish tran
- trannutritional supplement
Portuguese óleo de fígado de bacalhau
- óleo de fígado de bacalhaunutritional supplement
Russian ры́бий жир
- ры́бий жир (rýbij žir)nutritional supplement
Spanish aceite de hígado de bacalao, aceite de bacalao
- aceite de hígado de bacalaonutritional supplement
- aceite de bacalaonutritional supplement
Swedish fiskleverolja, torskleverolja
- fiskleveroljanutritional supplement
- torskleveroljanutritional supplement
Turkish balık yağı
- balık yağınutritional supplement
Ukrainian риб'я́чий жир
- риб'я́чий жир (rybʺjáčyj žyr)nutritional supplement
Vietnamese dầu gan cá
- dầu gan cánutritional supplement
Welsh olew iau penfras
- olew iau penfrasnutritional supplement
Yiddish פֿישטראַן, פֿישטראָן
- פֿישטראַן (fishtran)nutritional supplement
- פֿישטראָן (fishtron)nutritional supplement
Cite this entry
cod liver oil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cod%20liver%20oil
“cod liver oil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cod%20liver%20oil. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cod liver oil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cod%20liver%20oil.
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