sterlet

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noun

A smaller, common Eurasian sturgeon, of the species Acipenser ruthenus.

OriginRussian сте́рлядь →
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Meanings

nounsterlet (plural sterlets)

plural sterlets

  1. A smaller, common Eurasian sturgeon, of the species Acipenser ruthenus.

    The old prince sat in silence, looking with his glistening little eyes sidewise at Karénin, and Stepán Arkádevich understood that he had concocted some witticism to hurl at the statesman, to whom they were invited as to a sterlet.

    1904 [1878], chapter 9, in Leo Wiener, transl., Anna Karénin, Boston: D. Estes & Company, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 4

Origin

  1. Russianсте́рлядь
  2. Englishsterlet

From Russian сте́рлядь (stérljadʹ).

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Translations

Bulgarian чига
  • чига (čiga)species of sturgeon
Esperanto sterledo
  • sterledospecies of sturgeon
Finnish sterletti
  • sterlettispecies of sturgeon
German Stör, Sterlet
  • Störspecies of sturgeon
  • Sterletspecies of sturgeon
Hungarian kecsege
  • kecsegespecies of sturgeon
Japanese コチョウザメ
  • コチョウザメ (kochouzame)species of sturgeon
Latin helops
  • helopsspecies of sturgeon
Romanian cegă
  • cegăspecies of sturgeon
Russian сте́рлядь
  • сте́рлядь (stérljadʹ)species of sturgeon
Spanish esturión esterlete
  • esturión esterletespecies of sturgeon
Swedish sterlett
  • sterlettspecies of sturgeon
Turkish çuka balığı
  • çuka balığıspecies of sturgeon

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

letterssettlertrestleStelterStetler
Cite this entry
APA

sterlet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterlet

MLA

“sterlet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterlet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sterlet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterlet.

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