piscine

English

Etymology 1

From Late Latin piscinus or from Latin piscis (fish) + -ine.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

piscine (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
    Synonyms: fishlike, fishly, fishy, 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; []
Translations

Etymology 2

From French piscine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːˈsiːn/, /pɪˈsiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

piscine (plural piscines)

  1. (archaic) A public bath or swimming pool in France.

References

  • Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary: Eighteenth Edition (2011)
  1. piscine, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, 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/
  • (file)

Noun

piscine f (plural piscines)

  1. swimming pool
  2. piscina

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Noun

piscine f

  1. plural of piscina
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