sardine
sard·ine/sɑɹˈdin/noun, verb, adjective
sardine is spelled S-A-R-D-I-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (sard·ine). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sardine means “Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the European sardine (Sardina…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sardine is sardines.
How many letters and syllables are in sardine?
| Letters | 7: S-A-R-D-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sard·ine |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sardine?
Sardine appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sardine?
- UK /sɑːˈdiːn/
- US /sɑɹˈdin/
Sardine has 2 syllables, split sard·ine in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sardine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sardine?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sardine from its last stressed vowel (/in/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sardine
- sardines plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sardining participle, present
- sardined participle, past
- more sardine comparative
- most sardine superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sardine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden, and many canned sardines in America are sprats.
Near-synonym: pilchard (broad sense)
- 2
Someone packed or crammed into a small space.
They watched bemused as countless sardines disgorged from a railway car that was never designed to hold so many passengers.
- 3
obsoleteCarnelian.
- 4
Dark-brown sard.
verb
- 1
To fish for sardines.
- 2
to pack or cram together tightly.
adjective
- 1
Characteristic of a sardius.
noun
- 1
A member of the Italian grassroots political movement organized to protest against the right-wing surge in the country and the political rhetoric of Matteo Salvini.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sardine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fish:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sardine come from?
Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).