Portuguese man-of-war

English Etymology thumb|A Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis species; sense 1). From en Portuguese adjective man-of-war 1 endocentric,n 265000 March 2022 1; n from the resemblance of the organism’s float to a former Portuguese warship at full sail. Pronunciation en /ˈpɔː.tʃʊˌɡiːz ˌmæn.ə(v)ˈwɔː/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Portuguese man-of-war.wav Southern England en /ˈpoɹ.tʃəˌɡiz ˌmæn.ə(v)ˈwoɹ/ /ˈpoɹ-/ /ˈmæn-/ GA en ɔː(ɹ) 6 en Por tu guese man-of-war Noun Portuguese men-of-war Physalia physalis species, a marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a en float buoyant, superficially resembling a jellyfish. en bluebottle man-of-war en 1954 1957 w:Ian Fleming Live and Let Die (novel) Live and Let Die London Pan Books Beau Desert 203 Once the great streamers of a Portuguese man-of-war floated slowly by. They almost reached his head from the surface, fifteen feet away, and he remembered the whiplash of a sting from the contact of one of their tendrils that had burned for three of his days at Manatee Bay. If they caught a man across the heart they could kill him. en-GB Stephen Burgen Resorts on Spain’s Costa Brava struggle with invasion of jellyfish as seas warm The Guardian 2024-08-24 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/24/spain-costa-brava-beaches-closed-invasion-jellyfish-sea-temperature-warming-climate-change-stings 0261-3077 However, two beaches in Tarragona in southern Catalonia were closed in July after Portuguese man o’war (Physalia physalis) were spotted in the water. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018133247/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/24/spain-costa-brava-beaches-closed-invasion-jellyfish-sea-temperature-warming-climate-change-stings 18 October 2026 en Portuguese man-of-war Usage notes Added capitalization, loss of hyphens, and reduction of of to o or o’ are common. Alternative forms en Portuguese man-o-war Portuguese man-o'-war Translations Physalia physalis Asturian: ast aguamala f, ast balandra f, ast veleru m Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl salabay Catalan: ca borm de vela m, ca caravel·la portuguesa f Cebuano: ceb salabay Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 僧帽水母 sēngmào shuǐmǔ Danish: da Portugisisk orlogsmand c Dutch: nl Portugees oorlogsschip n Esperanto: eo fizalio Finnish: fi portugalinsotalaiva French: fr galère portugaise f, fr physalie f, fr vessie de mer f Galician: gl carabela f German: de Portugiesische Galeere f Hungarian: hu portugál gálya Indonesian: id ubur-ubur api Irish: ga smugairle an tseoil m Italian: it caravella portoghese f Japanese: ja 鰹の烏帽子 かつおのえぼし, katsuo no eboshi, ja カツオノエボシ katsuo no eboshi Korean: ko 작은부레관해파리, ko 고깔해파리 Malay: ms ubur-ubur api Māori: mi katiaho, mi ihumoana Norwegian: Bokmål: nb portugisisk krigsskip n Polish: pl aretuza f, pl bąbelnica bąbelcowa f, pl żeglarz portugalski m Portuguese: pt caravela-portuguesa f Romanian: ro galeră portugheză f Russian: ru португа́льский вое́нный кора́блик m, ru португа́льский кора́блик m, ru физа́лия f Spanish: es carabela portuguesa f Swedish: sv blåsmanet, sv portugisisk örlogsman Turkish: tr Portekiz askeri Welsh: cy chwysigen fôr See also en siphonophore References Further reading Portuguese man o' war Physalia physalis 1 Physalia physalis 1 en Hydrozoans