poisson-chien
French, noun/pwa.sɔ̃.ʃjɛ̃/
poisson-chien is spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N-C-H-I-E-N (12 letters). Poisson-chien is a French masculine noun meaning “the tigerfish, in the genus Hydrocynus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de poisson osseux d'eau douce, un umbre des bassins du Danube et du Dniestr”.
What does poisson-chien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe tigerfish, in the genus Hydrocynus
- 2
masculinerareEuropean mudminnow (Umbra krameri)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de poisson osseux d'eau douce, un umbre des bassins du Danube et du Dniestr.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of poisson-chien
- poissons-chien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poisson-chien?
- /pwa.sɔ̃.ʃjɛ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.