piscine
English
Etymology 1
From Late Latin piscinus or from Latin piscis (“fish”) + -ine.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪsaɪn/, /ˈpɪskaɪn/, /ˈpaɪsaɪn/
- (General American) enPR: pīʹsēn, IPA(key): /ˈpaɪsin/, /ˈpɪsin/, /ˈpɪsaɪn/, /ˈpɪsɪn/
- Rhymes: -aɪn
Adjective
piscine (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
- 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 40,
- At age four he caught his first fish and was evermore fascinated by things piscine; […]
- 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 40,
Translations
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːˈsiːn/, /pɪˈsiːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
References
- Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary: Eighteenth Edition (2011)
- “piscine, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.sin/
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “piscine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
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