ansjovis

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).

• IPA^(key): /ɑnˈʃoːvɪs/

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• Hyphenation: an‧sjo‧vis

ansjovis f (plural ansjovissen, diminutive ansjovisje n)

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

• ansjovispizza
• ansjovissalade

• 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

Likely from English anchovies.

• IPA^(key): /an.ˈɧuː.vɪs/

ansjovis c

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

   Synonym: sardell

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

• skarpsill

• 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 (in Swedish), Gothenburg University