Polyglot Dictionary

siri

/siˈɾi/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os siris

Meaning

  1. crab

    • Comi siri.

      I ate crab.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

caranguejo

siri specifically means a smaller blue crab species, used more in Brazilian cuisine; caranguejo is the general word for "crab."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cangrejo

cangrejo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "crab."

French

crabe

crabe is the French word for the same thing — both mean "crab."

Practice

1 What does siri mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comi ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches siri?

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