Meanings
plural taimens
- A species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.
One of his planned angling adventures is a float trip of nearly 100 miles down a wild stretch of the Zhang River in quest of various little-known trout and a salmonoid called the taimen, which can reach well over 100 pounds and live for more than a century.
1988 May 27, Nelson Bryant, “OUTDOORS; Quest for a 100-Year-Old Fish”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: Siberian salmon, Siberian taimen
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.
Origin
- Finnishtaimen“Salmo trutta”
- zle-onoтаимень
- zle-mruтаймень
- Russianтайме́нь“Hucho taimen”
- Englishtaimen
From Russian тайме́нь (tajménʹ, “Hucho taimen”), from Middle Russian таймень (tajmenʹ), from Old Novgorodian таимень (taimenĭ), from Finnish taimen (“Salmo trutta”).
More words from Russian, zle-mru, zle-ono
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian таймен
- таймен (tajmen)Hucho taimen
Chinese Mandarin 哲羅鮭 /哲罗鲑, 哲羅魚 /哲罗鱼
- 哲羅鮭 /哲罗鲑 (zhéluóguī)Hucho taimen
- 哲羅魚 /哲罗鱼 (zhéluóyú)Hucho taimen
- 大紅魚 /大红鱼 (dàhóngyú)Hucho taimen
Finnish siperianjokilohi
- siperianjokilohiHucho taimen
Japanese アムールイトウ
- アムールイトウHucho taimen
Polish tajmień, tajmen
- tajmieńHucho taimen
- tajmenHucho taimen
Russian тайме́нь
- тайме́нь (tajménʹ)Hucho taimen
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Cite this entry
taimen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taimen
“taimen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taimen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taimen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taimen.
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