Definition
Another name for the black drum fish found in Atlantic and Gulf coast waters, also spelled gasgergou.
Etymology
From French gaspergou, likely a corruption or regional variant related to the Gaspé region and similar fish-naming patterns. Etymology unclear but possibly from Acadian French.
Kelly Says
Gaspergou is a mystery word—it has multiple spellings (gaspergou, gaspergo, gaspergueaux) but nobody is completely sure if it originally meant the black drum or mixed it up with related species, showing how regional fish names got scrambled through oral tradition.
Translations
ARالعربية
جاسبرجو
ja-s-be-ru-jo
BNবাংলা
গাসপেরো
ga-sa-pe-ro
CACatalà
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
CSČeština
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
DADansk
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
DEDeutsch
Gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
ELΕλληνικά
γασπέρο
gas-pe-ro
ESEspañol
gaspergou
ga-sper-go
FAفارسی
گاسپرو
ga-s-pa-ro
FISuomi
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
FRFrançais
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
HIहिन्दी
गैस्पेरगो
ga-is-pe-ro-go
HUMagyar
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
IDBahasa Indonesia
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
ITItaliano
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
MSBahasa Melayu
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
MYမြန်မာ
ဂါစပီရို
ga-sa-pi-ro
NLNederlands
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
NONorsk
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
PLPolski
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
PTPortuguês
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
RORomână
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
RUРусский
гасперо
gas-pe-ro
SVSvenska
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
SWKiswahili
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru
TAதமிழ்
காஸ்பெரோ
kaas-pe-ro
TEతెలుగు
గస్పెరో
gas-pe-ro
THไทย
กัสเปอร์โก
gat-spe-ro-go
TRTürkçe
gaspergou
ga-sper-go
UKУкраїнська
гасперо
gas-pe-ro
VITiếng Việt
gaspergou
ga-spe-ru