The concept of a "magical revolution" has been present in various mythologies and folklore throughout history. It refers to a transformative event or period where magic is harnessed and utilized in new and innovative ways, leading to significant changes in society. In many tales, the magical revolution is sparked by an extraordinary individual or group who possesses powerful magical abilities or discovers previously unknown magical practices. They use their newfound knowledge to challenge the existing norms and power structures, often leading to a redistribution of power and resources. The main idea of a magical revolution is the idea that magic, which was previously restricted to a select few or used for specific purposes, becomes widely accessible and influential. This transformation often results in sweeping societal changes, as ordinary people gain access to magical abilities, challenging the established social hierarchy and creating new opportunities and challenges.

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Recent Examples on the Web But the Southern Residents, which were listed as endangered in 2005, are in serious trouble, threatened by pollution, boat traffic and plummeting stocks of wild salmon, their preferred food source. — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023 Vitamin D can be consumed through food, including a variety of fish like salmon, trout, and tuna, as well as through orange juice or milk fortified with vitamin D. — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 25 Dec. 2023 Firm, slippery, and ever so slightly grainy, they’re served warm—in a glistening hot dashi made with duck bones and topped with medallions of roast duck—or cold, in chilled dashi, layered with thin sheets of raw salmon, pearls of salmon roe, shiso leaves, and daikon radish. — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023 Berries, oatmeal, salmon, nuts, beans: good for the heart. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023 Along with donuts, pastries and yogurt parfaits, Robert restaurant provided bagels and smoked salmon, avocado toast, eggs (benedict and scrambled), sausage, bacon, potatoes (homestyle and tater tots), pumpkin spice pancakes, brioche French toast and steel-cut oatmeal with toppings. — Randee Dawn, Variety, 7 Dec. 2023 In the absence of sufficient salmon, other dangers to the orcas — the stress of boat traffic, the infiltration of chemical pollutants — are exacerbated, causing illness, death and pregnancy loss. — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023 In our tests, the pan’s warm surface was all that was needed to cook moist but crispy-skinned salmon. — Christa Glennie, wsj.com, 26 Dec. 2023 Before building dams on the Columbia River, the U.S. guaranteed the tribes of the Pacific Northwest salmon forever. — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 21 Dec. 2023 See More

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salmon

From Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-. Displaced native Middle English lax, from Old English leax. The unpronounced l was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root (compare words like debt, indict, receipt, island for the same spelling Latinizations).

The verb sense “ ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street ” alludes to salmon swimming upstream against the flow of a river to spawn.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

enPR: să'mən , IPA (key) : /ˈsæmən/

Noun [ edit ]

salmon (countable and uncountable, plural salmon or salmons)

1. One of severalspecies of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn. grilled salmonsalmon patésalmon steak Synonyms: lax , lox
2. A meal or dish made from this fish.
3. ( plural salmons ) A pale pinkish-orangecolour, the colour of cooked salmon. Synonym: salmon pink

Derived terms [ edit ]

• Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
• Australian salmon
• bay salmon (Salmo salar)
• beaked salmon (Gonorynchus spp.)
• black salmon (Salmo salar)
• blueback salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
• Brazilian salmon pink tarantula ( Lasiodora parahybana )
• Burnett salmon
• caplin-scull salmon (Salmo salar)
• cherry salmon ( Oncorhynchus masou )
• Chinook salmon
• chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
• chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
• coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
• colonial salmon
• Cornish salmon
• Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)
• Dawson river salmon ( Scleropages leichardti )
• dog salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
• fresh-water salmon (Salmo salar)
• giant salmon carp ( Aaptosyax grypus )
• humpbacked salmon
• humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
• jack salmon
• kelp salmon
• King Salmon
• king salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
• kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
• landlocked salmon
• land-locked salmon (Salmo salar)
• lomilomi salmon
• lomi salmon
• Nova Scotia salmon
• outside salmon (Salmo salar)
• Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.)
• pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
• quinnat salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
• red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
• rock salmon
• salmon and trout
• salmon-bellied racer ( Mastigodryas melanolomus )
• salmonberry ( Rubus spectabilis )
• salmon bites
• salmon-coloured
• salmon-crested cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis)
• salmon day
• salmon gum (Eucalyptus spp.)
• salmonid
• salmon killer
• salmon ladder
• salmon leap
• salmon peel
• salmon pink
• Salmon River , salmon river
• salmon shark ( Lamna ditropis )
• salmon-striped swamp frog ( Limnodynastes salmini )
• salmon trout (Salmo gairdneri)
• sea salmon
• Sebago salmon (Salmo salar)
• silver salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch, Salmo salar)
• smoked salmon
• smoked salmon socialist
• sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
• spring salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
• Tyee salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
• white salmon

Related terms [ edit ]

Descendants [ edit ]

• → Burmese: ဆယ်လမွန် ( hcaila.mwan )
• → Hebrew: סַלְמוֹן ‎ ( sálmon )
• → Hindi: सामन ( sāman )
• → Japanese: サーモン ( sāmon )

Translations [ edit ]

• Abenaki: mskwamagw
• Ahtna: łuk'ae
• Ainu: カムイチェㇷ゚ ( kamuy-cep )
• Albanian: koran(sq) m , lekën(sq) m
• Arabic: حُوت سُلَيْمَان ‎ m ( ḥūt sulaymān ) Egyptian Arabic: سلمون ‎ m ( sálamun ) Hijazi Arabic: سلمون ‎ m ( salmōn, salamōn ) Moroccan Arabic: سلمون ‎ m ( salamun ) North Levantine Arabic: سلمون ‎ m ( sálamon ) South Levantine Arabic: سلمون ‎ m ( sálamun )
• Armenian: սաղմոն(hy) ( saġmon )
• Asturian: salmón(ast) m
• Azerbaijani: qızılbalıq
• Basque: izokin(eu)
• Belarusian: ласо́сь m ( lasósʹ )
• Bengali: স্যামন ( sêmon )
• Breton: eog(br) m
• Bulgarian: сьо́мга f ( sjómga )
• Burmese: ဆယ်လမွန် ( hcaila.mwan )
• Catalan: salmó(ca) m
• Central Sierra Miwok: kóˑsomu-
• Chechen: морзахчӏара ( morzaxčʼara )
• Cherokee: ᏎᎼᏂ ( semoni )
• Chinese: Cantonese: 三文魚 ／ 三文鱼 ( saam 1 man 4 jyu 4-2 ) Mandarin: 三文魚 ／ 三文鱼(zh) ( sānwényú ) , 鮭魚 ／ 鲑鱼(zh) ( guīyú )
• Cornish: ehek m , sowman m
• Czech: losos(cs) m
• Danish: laks(da)
• Dutch: zalm(nl) m
• Elfdalian: laks m
• Esperanto: salmo(eo)
• Estonian: lõhe
• Faroese: laksur(fo) m
• Finnish: lohikala(fi) , lohi(fi)
• French: saumon(fr) m
• Friulian: salmon m
• Galician: salmón(gl) m , irce m
• Georgian: ორაგული ( oraguli )
• German: Lachs(de) m , Salm(de) m
• Greek: σολομός(el) m ( solomós )
• Greenlandic: kapisilik
• Gujarati: સામન ( sāman )
• Haida: sg̱waag̱an
• Halkomelem: Vancouver Island: stseelhtun
• Hebrew: סַלְמוֹן ‎ (he) m ( sálmon ) , אִלְתִּית ‎ (he) f ( iltít )
• Hindi: सामन(hi) ( sāman )
• Hungarian: lazac(hu)
• Icelandic: lax(is) m
• Ido: salmono(io)
• Interlingua: salmon(ia)
• Irish: bradán(ga) m
• Italian: salmone(it) m
• Japanese: サーモン ( sāmon ) , 鮭(ja) ( さけ, sake; しゃけ, shake )
• Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾಮನ್ ( syāman )
• Kashaya: maqʰa
• Khmer: សាលម៉ុន ( saalmon )
• Korean: 연어(ko) ( yeoneo )
• Kwak'wala: k̓uta̱la
• Latin: salmō m
• Latvian: lasis m
• Ligurian: salmón m
• Lithuanian: lašiša(lt) f
• Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: las German Low German: Lass
• Lower Tanana: łuk'a
• Lushootseed: sčədadxʷ
• Luxembourgish: Saumon(lb) m
• Macedonian: лосос m ( losos )
• Manx: braddan m
• Maori: hāmana
• Middle English: samwn , samoun
• Mongolian: яргай загас ( jargaj zagas )
• Montagnais: please add this translation if you can
• Nanai: дава ( dawa )
• Naskapi: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: saumon m ( Jersey ) , saumaon m ( Guernsey ) , sâomoun m ( continental Normandy )
• Northern Sami: luossa
• Norwegian: Bokmål: laks m , laksefisk m
• Occitan: salmon(oc) m
• Old English: leax m
• Old Irish: bratán m
• Old Norse: lax m
• Ottoman Turkish: یاین ‎ ( yayın )
• Persian: ماهی آزاد ‎ ( mâhi-âzâd ) , سالمون ‎ ( sâlmon )
• Polabian: las m
• Polish: łosoś(pl) m anim
• Portuguese: salmão(pt) m
• Romani: Kalo Finnish Romani: loolo matšo
• Romanian: somon(ro) m
• Romansch: salmun m
• Russian: лосо́сь(ru) m ( losósʹ ) , сёмга(ru) f ( sjómga )
• Saanich: SĆÁÁNEW̱
• Scottish Gaelic: bradan m
• Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ло̏сос m Roman: lȍsos(sh) m
• Sinhalese: සෑමන් ( sǣman )
• Skolt Sami: luõss
• Slovak: losos(sk) m
• Slovene: losos(sl) m
• Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: łosos m Upper Sorbian: łosos m
• Southern Ohlone: huuraka
• Spanish: salmón(es) m
• Squamish: sts'úḵwi7
• Swedish: lax(sv)
• Tagalog: salmon
• Tamil: ஸாமன் ( sāmaṉ )
• Tanacross: łuk'a
• Telugu: సామన్ ( sāman )
• Thai: แซลมอน(th) ( sɛɛl-mɔ̂n )
• Tlingit: x̠áat
• Turkish: som(tr) , somon(tr)
• Ukrainian: лосо́сь m ( losósʹ )
• Upper Tanana: łuuk
• Urdu: سامن ‎ ( sāman )
• Uyghur: قايران ‎ ( qayran )
• Vietnamese: cá hồi
• Volapük: salm(vo)
• Welsh: eog(cy) m , eogiaid m pl
• West Frisian: salm
• Yiddish: לאַקס ‎ m ( laks )

• Bulgarian: оранжево-розов ( oranževo-rozov )
• Catalan: salmó(ca) m
• Czech: lososová(cs) f
• Dutch: zalmkleur(nl) f
• Finnish: lohenpunainen(fi)
• French: saumon(fr)
• Galician: salmón(gl) m
• German: lachsfarben , lachsfarbig , lachsrot , lachsrosa
• Hungarian: lazacszín
• Icelandic: laxbleikur litur m
• Interlingua: salmon(ia)
• Italian: salmone(it) m
• Macedonian: розово-портокалова f ( rozovo-portokalova )
• Portuguese: salmão(pt) m
• Russian: оранжево-ро́зовыйцвет ( oranževo-rózovyj cvet ) , сомон(ru) ( somon )
• Slovak: lososová f
• Spanish: salmón(es) m
• Turkish: somon(tr)
• Volapük: salmaköl

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Adjective [ edit ]

salmon (not comparable)

Having a pale pinkish-orangecolour.

Translations [ edit ]

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Verb [ edit ]

salmon (third-person singular simple present salmons, present participle salmoning, simple past and past participle salmoned)

1. ( slang , intransitive ) To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.
   • 2014: "Salmon, Don't Shoal: Learning The Lingo Of Safe Cycling" by Marc Silver, NPR Some cities discourage salmoning with clever signage, like this in London: "If you can read this you are biking the wrong way."

See also [ edit ]

• (reds) red; blood red , brick red , burgundy , cardinal , carmine , carnation , cerise , cherry , cherry red , Chinese red , cinnabar , claret , crimson , damask , fire brick , fire engine red , flame , flamingo , fuchsia , garnet , geranium , gules , hot pink , incarnadine , Indian red , magenta , maroon , misty rose , nacarat , oxblood , pillar-box red , pink , Pompeian red , poppy , raspberry , red violet , rose , rouge , ruby , ruddy , salmon , sanguine , scarlet , shocking pink , stammel , strawberry , Turkey red , Venetian red , vermilion , vinaceous , vinous , violet red , wine (Category: en:Reds)

Anagrams [ edit ]

• Almons , Lamson , Lomans , Malson , Sloman , monals

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