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Definition: STERLET |
STERLETNoun1. A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe. |
Date "STERLET" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Note: Sterlet \Ster"let\, noun. [Russ. sterliade.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: STERLET |
| English words defined with "STERLET": Acipenser sturio. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "STERLET" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (sterlet). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sterlet | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "STERLET"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الحفيش سمك. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чига. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sterlet (Siberian sterlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sterlet (Siberian sterlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sterletti (Siberian sterlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sterlet (Siberian sterlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sterlet (Siberian sterlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στέρλετ (Siberian sterlet), στουριόνι (beluga, fringe-barbel sturgeon, ship, Siberian sterlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kecsege. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sterleto (Siberian sterlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erletstay esturjao do Volga (Siberian sterlet), esturjão do Volga (Siberian sterlet). (various references) стерлядь. (various references) kečiga. (various references) esterlete (Siberian sterlet). (various references) sterlett (Siberian sterlet). (various references) çoka balığı, çığa balığı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Acipenser ruthenus, Acipenser ruthenus (Linnaeus). (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "STERLET": sterlets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "STERLET" (pronounced 'Ster"let'): Armlet, Ballet, Batlet, Beamlet, Bendlet, Birdlet, Bloodlet, Booklet, Bracelet, Bractlet, Branchlet, Brooklet, Budlet, Bullet, Camlet, Cantlet, Chainlet, Chamlet, Cloudlet, Corselet, Corslet, Couplet, Croslet, Cross-crosslet, Crownlet, Cutlet, Finlet, Flamelet, Fortlet, Frislet, Frondlet, frontlet, Giblet, Goblet, gullet, Hamlet, Haslet, Inlet, islet, kinglet, leaflet, Liplet, Lobelet, mallet, Martlet, millet, Mountlet, Murrelet, necklet, Notelet. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: letters, settler, trestle. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: letter, relets, retest, setter, settle, streel, street, tester. | |
-2 letters: ester, leers, leets, reels, reest, relet, reset, sleet, steel, steer, stele, stere, teels, teles, terse, trees, trets. | |
-3 letters: eels, else, erst, leer, lees, leet, lest, lets, reel, rees, rest, rete, rets, seel, seer, sere, sett, stet, teel, tees, tele, tels, test, tets, tree, tret. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: alertest, nettlers, resettle, retitles, settlers, sterlets, trestles. | |
+2 letters: dotterels, electrets, laterites, letterers, literates, litterers, lotteries, raclettes, rebottles, reletters, resettled, resettles, rillettes, roulettes, saltpeter, statelier, streamlet, teleports, tercelets, tolerates. | |
+3 letters: aliterates, altercates, alternates, altimeters, belittlers, belletrist, briolettes, butterless, centralest, clatterers, corselette, cotterless, craterlets, earthliest, elaterites, elutriates, embrittles, filmsetter, flatteners, flatterers, flatteries, flutterers, lazarettes, letterings, lorgnettes, meltwaters, newsletter, outwrestle, protostele, reluctates, resettable, resettling, resolutest, retaliates, saltpeters, splattered, spluttered, splutterer, stealthier, streamlets, streetlamp, sweltriest, telecaster, telemeters, tiltmeters, toiletries, trembliest, tremolites, tutelaries, voltmeters. | |
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