fish oil

noun

Oil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially, a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms.

Similar
fish-liver oil

Meanings

nounfish oil (usually uncountable, plural fish oils)

plural fish oils

  1. uncountableusuallyOil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially, a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish

Similar
fish-liver oil
Broader
animal oil

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic زَيْت السَّمَك
  • زَيْت السَّمَك (zayt as-samak)dietary supplement
Chinese Mandarin 魚油 /鱼油
  • 魚油 /鱼油 (yúyóu)dietary supplement
Danish fiskeolie
  • fiskeoliedietary supplement
Dutch visolie, traan
  • visoliedietary supplement
  • traandietary supplement
  • traanoliedietary supplement
Finnish kalaöljy
  • kalaöljydietary supplement
French huile de poisson
  • huile de poissondietary supplement
German Fischöl
  • Fischöldietary supplement
Icelandic lýsi
  • lýsidietary supplement
Italian olio di pesce
  • olio di pescedietary supplement
Japanese 魚油
  • 魚油 (gyoyu)dietary supplement
Korean 어유
  • 어유 (eoyu)dietary supplement
Malay minyak ikan
  • minyak ikandietary supplement
Norwegian Bokmål fiskeolje
  • fiskeoljedietary supplement
Polish tran
  • trandietary supplement
Portuguese saim, sail
  • saimdietary supplement
  • saildietary supplement
Romanian untură de pește
  • untură de peștedietary supplement
Russian ры́бий жир
  • ры́бий жир (rýbij žir)dietary supplement
Spanish aceite de pescado
  • aceite de pescadodietary supplement
Swedish fiskolja
  • fiskoljadietary supplement
Thai น้ำมันปลา
  • น้ำมันปลา (nám-man-bplaa)dietary supplement
Turkish balık yağı
  • balık yağıdietary supplement
Ukrainian риб'я́чий жир
  • риб'я́чий жир (rybʺjáčyj žyr)dietary supplement
Welsh olew pysgod
  • olew pysgoddietary supplement
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fish oil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fish%20oil.

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