ansjovis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish anchovas, plural of anchova, phonetically adapted to Dutch vis (“fish”). The Spanish is in turn from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnˈʃoːvɪs/

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• Hyphenation: an‧sjo‧vis

Noun

ansjovis f (plural ansjovissen, diminutive ansjovisje n)

1. (also collective) An anchovy (small, edible saltwater fish species, especially Engraulis encrasicolus)

Derived terms

• ansjovispizza
• ansjovissalade

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ansjovis
• → Danish: ansjos
• → Estonian: anšoovis
• → Faroese: ansjós
• → German: Anchovis, Anschovis
  • → Hebrew: אַנְשׁוֹבִי (anshóvi)
• → Icelandic: ansjósa
• → Latvian: anšovs
• → Lithuanian: ančiuvis
• → Norwegian: ansjos
• → Papiamentu: anchóvis, ansjovis
• → Russian: анчо́ус (ančóus)
  • → Armenian: անչոուս (ančʻous)
  • → Azerbaijani: ançous
  • → Karelian: ančoussu
• → Swedish: ansjovis
• → West Frisian: ansjofisk

Swedish

Canned ansjovis (sense 1).

Etymology

Likely from English anchovies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.ˈɧuː.vɪs/

Noun

ansjovis c

1. (cooking) spiced and canned preparation of European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
2. (zoology) anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus

   Synonym: sardell

Usage notes

When used in the sense "anchovy" typically prefixed by the adjective äkta (“genuine”).

Declension

Declension of ansjovis
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ansjovis	ansjovisen	ansjovisar	ansjovisarna
Genitive	ansjovis	ansjovisens	ansjovisars	ansjovisarnas

See also

• skarpsill

References

• ansjovis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ansjovis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ansjovis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• ansjovis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• Ansjovis in Artfakta.se
• Skarpsill in Artfakta.se
• Kerstin Johannesson (2021 December 21) Ansjovis, sardin eller sardell – professorn reder ut begreppen‎^[1] (in Swedish), Gothenburg University