Definition
A sardine is a small, oily fish often packed tightly in cans and eaten as food. The word can also be used humorously to describe people crowded into a small space.
Etymology
From French *sardine*, from Latin *sardina*, possibly from *Sardinia*, the Mediterranean island, where the fish were once plentiful. The place name became attached to the fish.
Kelly Says
When people say they were 'packed like sardines', they’re echoing the image of tiny fish stacked in metal cans. A local fish near Sardinia ended up giving the world a metaphor for crowded trains and buses. Geography quietly swims into everyday speech.
Translations
CACatalà
sardina
/sarˈdiːna/
CSČeština
sardinka
/sarˈdɪŋka/
DADansk
sardiner
/sarˈdiːnər/
DEDeutsch
Sardine
/zaʁˈdiːnə/
ELΕλληνικά
σαρδέλα
sardéla
ESEspañol
sardina
sar-dee-nah
FISuomi
sardiini
/sarˈdiːni/
FRFrançais
sardine
/saʁdin/
HUMagyar
szardínia
/sarˈdiːniɒ/
IDBahasa Indonesia
sarden
sar-den
ITItaliano
sardina
/sarˈdiːna/
KMKM
ត្រីសាដីន
trəy sa-deen
MSBahasa Melayu
sardin
sar-den
NLNederlands
sardine
/sarˈdiːnə/
NONorsk
sardiner
/sarˈdiːnər/
PLPolski
sardynka
/sarˈdɨŋka/
PTPortuguês
sardinha
sar-dee-nyah
RORomână
sardina
/sarˈdiːna/
RUРусский
сардина
sar-dee-nah
SVSvenska
sardiner
/sarˈdiːnər/
SWKiswahili
sardini
sar-dee-nee
TEతెలుగు
సార్డైన్
sārḍain
THไทย
ปลาซาร์ดีน
blah sar-deen
TLTL
sardinas
sar-dee-nas
TRTürkçe
sardalya
sar-dal-yah
UKУкраїнська
сардина
sar-dee-nah
VITiếng Việt
cá sardine
kah sar-deen
YOYO
Sárídín
sah-ree-deen
ZUZU
Isardini
i-sar-dee-nee