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Narrator: Today's word is "Salmon" — noun, pronounced /ˈsæmən/, with the stress on "sal".
Narrator: A salmon is a large fish with silver skin and pink flesh that swims up rivers to lay eggs.
Narrator: In plain English, it is the pink fish.
Narrator: It comes from Latin salmo, possibly from salire, to leap.
Narrator: A common collocation is "smoked salmon", which describes cured, smoked fish.
Narrator: It differs from "trout", because trout are usually smaller and live in fresh water.
Narrator: In a second sense, salmon is a pinkish-orange colour.
Narrator: Cooking, fishing, ecology and fashion all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: salmon leaps upstream.
Speaker A: Why are the fish jumping up the waterfall?
Speaker B: They're SALMON! It may come from Latin for leaping.
Speaker A: Going home to breed?
Speaker B: Back to where they hatched.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs", breakfast. "Salmon run in autumn", nature. "A salmon-pink shirt", fashion.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: The "l" is silent, "SAM-un", and the plural is usually "salmon".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Trout is its cousin, sea trout its twin, and char an alternative — yet salmon keeps its leaping charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "salmon" in AI prompts — useful for recipes and ecology apps.
Speaker A: How for recipes?
Speaker B: Quick meals.
Prompt: Give a fifteen-minute baked salmon recipe with lemon and herbs.
Speaker A: And ecology?
Speaker B: Track runs.
Prompt: Chart salmon counts at this river weir over ten years.
Speaker A: Could it help menus?
Speaker B: Yes, for allergens.
Prompt: Label this salmon dish with fish and dairy allergen notes.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Sustainability.
Prompt: Explain how to choose sustainably farmed or wild salmon.
Salmon — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary