Origin: 1200-1300 Anglo-French salmun, from Latin salmo
1a)[countable] (plural salmon) a large fish with silver skin and pink flesh that lives in the ocean but swims up rivers to lay its eggs, or the meat of this fishb)[uncountable] this fish eaten as food2[uncountable] a pink-orange color [Origin: 1200–1300 Anglo-French salmun, from Latin salmo]