Definition
A small freshwater fish; a variant name for a type of fish similar to a smelt or young herring.
Etymology
From 'chiver' plus the diminutive suffix '-et,' indicating a small version; possibly related to Old French 'civerel' or similar fish names.
Kelly Says
Chiveret is a ghost word in English—appearing in historical dictionaries but rarely used, it shows how fishing communities had specific names for small fish that made sense locally but never spread widely enough to survive into modern usage.
Translations
ARالعربية
تشيفرت
tash-i-fert
BNবাংলা
চিভেরেট
chi-ve-ret
CACatalà
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
CSČeština
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
DADansk
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
DEDeutsch
Chiveret
chi-ve-ret
ELΕλληνικά
χιβερέτ
chi-ve-ret
ESEspañol
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
FAفارسی
چیورِت
chee-we-ret
FISuomi
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
FRFrançais
chiveret
chi-ve-re
HEעברית
צ'יבירט
chi-vir-t
HIहिन्दी
चिवरेट
chi-ve-ret
HUMagyar
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
IDBahasa Indonesia
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
ITItaliano
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
JA日本語
チヴェレット
chi-ve-retto
MSBahasa Melayu
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
MYမြန်မာ
ချိဗရက်
chi-ve-ret
NLNederlands
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
NONorsk
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
PLPolski
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
PTPortuguês
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
RORomână
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
RUРусский
чиверет
chi-ve-ret
SVSvenska
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
SWKiswahili
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
TAதமிழ்
சீவெரெட்
see-ve-ret
TEతెలుగు
చివేరెట్
chi-ve-ret
TRTürkçe
chiveret
chi-ve-ret
UKУкраїнська
чиверет
chi-ve-ret
URاردو
چِیوِرِٹ
chi-we-ret
VITiếng Việt
chiveret
chi-ve-ret