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nounA rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.
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nouna rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line
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Arabic قَصْبَة صَيْد
- قَصْبَة صَيْد (qaṣbat ṣayd)rod used for angling
Basque kanabera
- kanaberarod used for angling
Bulgarian въдица
- въдица (vădica)rod used for angling
Catalan canya de pescar
- canya de pescarrod used for angling
Chinese Cantonese 魚竿 /鱼竿
- 魚竿 /鱼竿 (jyu⁴ gon¹)rod used for angling
Chinese Mandarin 釣竿 /钓竿, 魚竿 /鱼竿
- 釣竿 /钓竿 (diàogān)rod used for angling
- 魚竿 /鱼竿 (yúgān)rod used for angling
- 釣魚竿 /钓鱼竿 (diàoyúgān)rod used for angling
Czech rybářský prut
- rybářský prutrod used for angling
Danish fiskestang
- fiskestangrod used for angling
Dutch hengelroede, hengel
- hengelroederod used for angling
- hengelrod used for angling
Esperanto fiŝvergo
- fiŝvergorod used for angling
Finnish onkivapa, vapa
- onkivaparod used for angling
- vaparod used for angling
- onkirod used for angling
French canne à pêche
- canne à pêcherod used for angling
German Angelrute, Angel
- Angelruterod used for angling
- Angelrod used for angling
Greek καλάμι ψαρέματος
- καλάμι ψαρέματος (kalámi psarématos)rod used for angling
Hebrew חַכָּה
- חַכָּה (khaká)rod used for angling
Hindi बंसी
- बंसी (bansī)rod used for angling
Hungarian horgászbot
- horgászbotrod used for angling
Icelandic veiðistöng
- veiðistöngrod used for angling
Indonesian pancing, joran
- pancingrod used for angling
- joranrod used for angling
Irish slat iascaigh
- slat iascaighrod used for angling
Italian canna da pesca
- canna da pescarod used for angling
Japanese 釣り竿
- 釣り竿 (tsurizao)rod used for angling
Korean 낚싯대, 낚시대
- 낚싯대 (naksitdae)rod used for angling
- 낚시대 (naksidae)rod used for angling
Latin harundō, arundō
- harundōrod used for angling
- arundōrod used for angling
Latvian makšķere
- makšķererod used for angling
Lithuanian meškerė
- meškerėrod used for angling
Malay pancing, joran
- pancingrod used for angling
- joranrod used for angling
Māori matira, tautara
- matirarod used for angling
- tautararod used for angling
- katirarod used for angling
Norwegian Bokmål fiskestang
- fiskestangrod used for angling
Polish wędka
- wędkarod used for angling
Portuguese cana de pesca, vara de pesca
- cana de pescarod used for angling
- vara de pescarod used for angling
- vara de pescarrod used for angling
Romanian undiță
- undițărod used for angling
Russian у́дочка, уди́лище
- у́дочка (údočka)rod used for angling
- уди́лище (udílišče)rod used for angling
- уда́ (udá)rod used for angling
Scottish Gaelic slat-iasgaich
- slat-iasgaichrod used for angling
Slovak rybársky prút
- rybársky prútrod used for angling
Spanish caña de pesca
- caña de pescarod used for angling
Swedish fiskespö, metspö
- fiskespörod used for angling
- metspörod used for angling
Tagalog baway, baliwasan
- bawayrod used for angling
- baliwasanrod used for angling
- baliwasnanrod used for angling
- pamingwitrod used for angling
Tamil தூண்டில்
- தூண்டில் (tūṇṭil)rod used for angling
Thai คันเบ็ด
- คันเบ็ด (kan-bèt)rod used for angling
Turkish olta, olta kamışı
- oltarod used for angling
- olta kamışırod used for angling
Ukrainian ву́дка, ву́дочка
- ву́дка (vúdka)rod used for angling
- ву́дочка (vúdočka)rod used for angling
Urdu بَنْسی
- بَنْسی (bansī)rod used for angling
Vietnamese cần câu
- cần câurod used for angling
Welsh gwialen bysgota, genwair
- gwialen bysgotarod used for angling
- genwairrod used for angling
Yiddish ווענטקע, אודקע
- ווענטקע (ventke)rod used for angling
- אודקע (udke)rod used for angling
Cite this entry
APA
fishing rod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishing%20rod
MLA
“fishing rod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishing%20rod. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fishing rod,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishing%20rod.
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