name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
fish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/fɪʃ/
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rhymes with -ɪʃ
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homophone: fish
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: fĭsh
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃ/
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Australian: /ˈfɪ̝ʃ/
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New-Zealand: /ˈfɘʃ/
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homophone: phish
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homophone: ghoti
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CMU ARPABET: F IH1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: Fishes
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- Salmon is a fish.
- The fishmonger sells fishes from all over the world.
- Ichthyologists study the fish of the world.
- We have many fish in our aquarium.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
Meaning 4
Any vertebrate, including tetrapods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
Now used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
Cod; codfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Newfoundland, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
The flesh of the fish used as food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
- Though Lena is a vegetarian, she doesn't have any problem with eating fish.
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noun
Meaning 9
An aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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noun
Meaning 10
A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
An easy victim for swindling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang
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noun
Meaning 12
A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
Meaning 13
A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 14
A purchase used to fish the anchor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 15
A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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noun
Meaning 16
The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: cartomancy, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 17
A (feminine) woman. (See also fishy.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, positive, slang, sometimes, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 18
A new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 19
A male homosexual; a gay man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jamaica, countable, derogatory, offensive, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 20
A drag queen or transgender woman who looks like a cisgender woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: LGBTQ slang; sometimes problematic; LGBTQ slang; sometimes problematic
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noun
Meaning 21
A spaceship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 22
A period of time spent fishing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.
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noun
Meaning 23
An instance of seeking something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
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noun
Meaning 24
A counter, used in various games.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 25
Acronym of fluorescent in situ hybridization, a molecular cytogenetic technique used to identify whether a DNA sample has a specific sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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verb
Meaning 26
To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- We went fishing for crabs by the pier.
- She went to the river to fish for trout.
- 19th c., anonymous, "The Bonny Ship the 'Diamond'" It's cheer up, my lads, let your hearts never fail, For the bonny ship the Diamond goes a-fishing for the whale.
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verb
Meaning 27
To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.
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verb
Meaning 28
To use as bait when fishing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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verb
Meaning 29
To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Why are you fishing through my things?
- He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rummage
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 30
To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
- The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 31
Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 32
To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 33
To hoist the flukes of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
Meaning 34
To draw or guide (a wire or cable) by means of fish tape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 35
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the shark is a large fish
- in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aquatic vertebrate
Narrower terms: bottom-feeder, bottom-dweller, bottom lurkers, cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian, fingerling, game fish, sport fish, food fish, rough fish, young fish, mouthbreeder, spawner, northern snakehead, bony fish, climbing perch, Anabas testudineus, A. testudineus
noun
Meaning 36
the flesh of fish used as food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in Japan most fish is eaten raw
- after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat
- they have a chef who specializes in fish
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: food, solid food
Narrower terms: panfish, stockfish, anchovy, eel, mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet, alewife, schrod, scrod, haddock, hake, trout, rock salmon, salmon, shad, smelt
noun
Meaning 37
the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Pisces, Pisces the Fishes
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
noun
Meaning 38
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Pisces
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
verb
Meaning 39
catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I like to go fishing on weekends
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: catch, grab, take hold of
Narrower terms: crab, seine, scallop, scollop, rail, brail, angle, shrimp, net fish, shark, trawl, still-fish, prawn
verb
Meaning 40
seek indirectly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- fish for compliments
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: angle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: search, seek, look for
History
Etymology
From fish, a metonymic occupational surname for a fish seller or a nickname for someone who resembled a fish. It could also be an Americanized spelling of German Fisch.
Semantic loan from Latin Pisces.
From Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ (“fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *piskós (“fish”). Cognates Cognate with Yola wish (“fish”), North Frisian fasch, fask, Fesk (“fish”), Saterland Frisian Fisk (“fish”), West Frisian fisk (“fish”), Cimbrian biss, visch, viss (“fish”), Dutch vis (“fish”), Dutch Low Saxon and Mòcheno visch (“fish”), German Fisch (“fish”), German Low German Fösch (“fish”), Luxembourgish Fësch (“fish”), Yiddish פֿיש (fish, “fish”), Danish, Elfdalian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fisk (“fish”), Faroese and Icelandic fiskur (“fish”), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks, “fish”), Crimean Gothic fisct (“fish”). Compare Irish iasc (“fish”), Latin piscis (“fish”).
Deverbal from to fish (etymology 3).
Borrowed from French fiche (“peg, mark”).
From Old English fiscian, from Proto-West Germanic *fiskōn, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian fiskje (“to fish”), Dutch vissen (“to fish”), German fischen (“to fish”), Limburgish vésche, vèsse (“to fish”), Luxembourgish fëschen (“to fish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk fiske (“to fish”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish fiska (“to fish”), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (fiskōn, “to fish”).
Across languages
Translations
1080 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abau: payr — vertebrate animal
- Abaza: пслачва (pslaćwa) — vertebrate animal
- Abenaki: namas — vertebrate animal
- Abkhaz: аԥсыӡ (apsədz) — vertebrate animal
- Acehnese: eungkôt — vertebrate animal
- Aché: pira — vertebrate animal
- Achuar: namak — vertebrate animal
- Afar: kullum — vertebrate animal
- Afrikaans: vis — vertebrate animal
- Dupaningan Agta: padut — vertebrate animal
- Remontado Agta: isda — vertebrate animal
- Aguacateca: kay — vertebrate animal
- Aguaruna: namak — vertebrate animal
- Agutaynen: yan — vertebrate animal
- Ahom: 𑜆𑜠 (pa) — vertebrate animal
- Ahom: 𑜆𑜡 (pā) — vertebrate animal
- Ainu: チェㇷ゚ (cep) — vertebrate animal
- Akan: ɛnam — vertebrate animal
- Akatek: txay — vertebrate animal
- Akawaio: morok — vertebrate animal
- Akkadian: 𒄩 (nūnum) — vertebrate animal
- Aklanon: isda' — vertebrate animal
- Alamblak: yiram — vertebrate animal
- Albanian: peshk — vertebrate animal
- Albanian: halës — vertebrate animal
- Southern Altai: балык (balïk) — vertebrate animal
- Ama: la — vertebrate animal
- Amanayé: pira — vertebrate animal
- Ambulas: gukwami — vertebrate animal
- Amharic: ዓሣ (ʿaśa) — vertebrate animal
- Amharic: አሳ (ʾäsa) — vertebrate animal
- Amis: foting — vertebrate animal
- Amis: nifotingan — vertebrate animal
- Amis: ki'rafoting — vertebrate animal
- Amondawa: pira — vertebrate animal
- Anambé: pira — vertebrate animal
- Anem: ia — vertebrate animal
- Aneme Wake: yokai — vertebrate animal
- Angor: kinü — vertebrate animal
- Chungli Ao: ango — vertebrate animal
- Aoheng: ocen — vertebrate animal
- Western Apache: łóg — vertebrate animal
- Apalaí: kana — vertebrate animal
- Apiaká: pire — vertebrate animal
- Apinayé: tep — vertebrate animal
- Apurinã: shimaki — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سَمَكَة (samaka) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سَمَك (samak) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: حُوت (ḥūt) — vertebrate animal
- Chadian Arabic: حوت (hūt) — vertebrate animal
- Chadian Arabic: حوتاي (hūtāy) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سمك (samak) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سمكة (samaka) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سمچ (simič, simač) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سمچة (smiča) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سَمَك (samak) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سَمَكة (samaka) — vertebrate animal
- Iraqi Arabic: سِمَچ — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: حوت (ḥūt) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: حوتة (ḥūta) — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سمك (samak) — vertebrate animal
- Aragonese: peix — vertebrate animal
- Aragonese: pescau — vertebrate animal
- Aramaic: ܢܘܢܐ (nūnā) — vertebrate animal
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: נוּנָא (nūnā) — vertebrate animal
- Araona: hae — vertebrate animal
- Arapaho: nowoˀ — vertebrate animal
- Arára (Pará): wot — vertebrate animal
- Arara-Karo: ip — vertebrate animal
- Araweté: pida — vertebrate animal
- Arikapú: minu — vertebrate animal
- Armenian: ձուկ (juk) — vertebrate animal
- Old Armenian: ձուկն (jukn) — vertebrate animal
- Aromanian: pescu — vertebrate animal
- Aromanian: peashti — vertebrate animal
- Asi: isra — vertebrate animal
- Assamese: মাছ (mas) — vertebrate animal
- Assiniboine: hoga — vertebrate animal
- Asturian: pexe — vertebrate animal
- Atayal: qulih — vertebrate animal
- Avá-Canoeiro: pira — vertebrate animal
- Avar: ччугӏа (ččuʻa) — vertebrate animal
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬫𐬀 (masya) — vertebrate animal
- Awabakal: makoro — vertebrate animal
- Awtuw: gale — vertebrate animal
- Aymara: challwa — vertebrate animal
- Azerbaijani: balıq — vertebrate animal
- West Coast Bajau: diing — vertebrate animal
- Bakairí: kara — vertebrate animal
- Bakumpai: lauk — vertebrate animal
- Bakung: atok — vertebrate animal
- Balangao: gidiw — vertebrate animal
- Balinese: be — vertebrate animal
- Baluchi: ماہی (máhí) — vertebrate animal
- Baluchi: ماہیگ (máhíg) — vertebrate animal
- Bambara: jɛgɛ — vertebrate animal
- Baniwa: kuphe — vertebrate animal
- Banjarese: iwak — vertebrate animal
- Baram Kayan: masik — vertebrate animal
- Basap: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Bashkir: балыҡ (balıq) — vertebrate animal
- Basque: arrain — vertebrate animal
- Bats: ჭარე̆ (č̣arĕ) — vertebrate animal
- Bats: ჭა̄რ (č̣ār) — vertebrate animal
- Bekati': ikat — vertebrate animal
- Belait: putā — vertebrate animal
- Belarusian: ры́ба (rýba) — vertebrate animal
- Bengali: মাছ (mach) — vertebrate animal
- Benyadu': kaːtn — vertebrate animal
- Bhojpuri: मछरी (machərī) — vertebrate animal
- Bau Bidayuh: kien — vertebrate animal
- Big Nambas: tilau — vertebrate animal
- Central Bikol: sira — vertebrate animal
- Buhi'non Bikol: isra — vertebrate animal
- East Miraya Bikol: sira — vertebrate animal
- Northern Catanduanes Bikol: isda — vertebrate animal
- West Miraya Bikol: isra — vertebrate animal
- Boloki: nsú — vertebrate animal
- Borôro: karo — vertebrate animal
- Bouyei: byal — vertebrate animal
- Breton: pesk — vertebrate animal
- Buginese: bale — vertebrate animal
- Bukat: aǯən — vertebrate animal
- Bukitan: baǯow — vertebrate animal
- Bulgarian: ри́ба (ríba) — vertebrate animal
- Bunun: iskaan — vertebrate animal
- Burmese: ငါး (nga:) — vertebrate animal
- Burusu: pait — vertebrate animal
- Buryat: загаһан (zagahan) — vertebrate animal
- Busang Kayan: masik — vertebrate animal
- Butuanon: isda — vertebrate animal
- Canela: tep — vertebrate animal
- Capiznon: isda — vertebrate animal
- Carpathian Rusyn: ры́ба (rŷ́ba) — vertebrate animal
- Catalan: peix — vertebrate animal
- Cavineña: hae — vertebrate animal
- Cebuano: isda — vertebrate animal
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵙⵍⵎ (aslm) — vertebrate animal
- Chamicuro: awachi — vertebrate animal
- Chavacano: pescao — vertebrate animal
- Chechen: чӏара (čʼara) — vertebrate animal
- Chepang: ङाः — vertebrate animal
- Cherokee: ᎠᏣᏗ (atsadi) — vertebrate animal
- Cheyenne: nomaˀne — vertebrate animal
- Chichewa: nsomba — vertebrate animal
- Falam Chin: nga — vertebrate animal
- Tedim Chin: nga — vertebrate animal
- Chinese Cantonese: 魚 /鱼 — vertebrate animal
- Chinese: йүр (yür) — vertebrate animal
- Chinese: йү (yü) — vertebrate animal
- Eastern Min Chinese: 魚 /鱼 (ngṳ̀) — vertebrate animal
- Gan Chinese: 魚 /鱼 (nyie4) — vertebrate animal
- Hakka Chinese: 魚 /鱼 (ǹg) — vertebrate animal
- Chinese: 魚 /鱼 (hî/hû/gû) — vertebrate animal
- Jin Chinese: 魚 /鱼 (y1) — vertebrate animal
- Chinese Mandarin: 魚 /鱼 (yú) — vertebrate animal
- Chinese Mandarin: 魚兒 /鱼儿 (yúr) — vertebrate animal
- Northern Min Chinese: 魚 /鱼 (ngṳ̂) — vertebrate animal
- Wu Chinese: 魚 /鱼 — vertebrate animal
- Xiang Chinese: 魚 /鱼 (y2) — vertebrate animal
- Choctaw: nʋni — vertebrate animal
- Ch'orti': čay — vertebrate animal
- Chukchi: ыннээн (ynnėėn) — vertebrate animal
- Chuvash: пулӑ (pulă) — vertebrate animal
- Cocama: ipira — vertebrate animal
- Comanche: pekwi — vertebrate animal
- Coptic: ⲧⲉⲃⲧ (tebt) — vertebrate animal
- Coptic: ⲣⲁⲙⲓ (rami) — vertebrate animal
- Cora: waʼi — vertebrate animal
- Cornish: pysk — vertebrate animal
- Cornish: pesk — vertebrate animal
- Cree: ᑭᓄᓭᐤ (kinosew) — vertebrate animal
- Cree: ᓇᒣᔅ (names) — vertebrate animal
- Cree: imjiujniuni — vertebrate animal
- Montagnais: namesh — vertebrate animal
- Plains-Cree: ᑭᓄᓭᐤ (kinosew) — vertebrate animal
- Crimean Tatar: balıq — vertebrate animal
- Cuyunon: isda — vertebrate animal
- Czech: ryba — vertebrate animal
- Old Czech: ryba — vertebrate animal
- Dalmatian: pasc — vertebrate animal
- Danish: fisk — vertebrate animal
- Old Danish: fisk — vertebrate animal
- Daur: jaus — vertebrate animal
- Dawera-Daweloor: il — vertebrate animal
- Dení: aba — vertebrate animal
- Dhivehi: މަސް (mas) — vertebrate animal
- Dogrib: łıwe — vertebrate animal
- Dolgan: балык (balık) — vertebrate animal
- Dongxiang: zhagvasun — vertebrate animal
- Dusun Witu: kalewes — vertebrate animal
- Dutch: vis — vertebrate animal
- Middle Dutch: visc — vertebrate animal
- Old Dutch: fisk — vertebrate animal
- Old Dutch: visc — vertebrate animal
- Dzongkha: ཉ (nya) — vertebrate animal
- E: phja1 — vertebrate animal
- Egyptian: r-m-in (rm) — vertebrate animal
- Erzya: кал (kal) — vertebrate animal
- Esperanto: fiŝo — vertebrate animal
- Estonian: kala — vertebrate animal
- Even: олра̇ (olrȧ) — vertebrate animal
- Evenki: олло (ollo) — vertebrate animal
- Faroese: fiskur — vertebrate animal
- Fataluku: api — vertebrate animal
- Fijian: ika — vertebrate animal
- Finnish: kala — vertebrate animal
- French: poisson — vertebrate animal
- Old French: poisson — vertebrate animal
- North Frisian: fask (Karrharde) — vertebrate animal
- North Frisian: fasch — vertebrate animal
- North Frisian: Fesk — vertebrate animal
- North Frisian: faske — vertebrate animal
- North Frisian: fäsk — vertebrate animal
- Old Frisian: fisk — vertebrate animal
- Saterland Frisian: Fisk — vertebrate animal
- West-Frisian: fisk — vertebrate animal
- Friulian: pes — vertebrate animal
- Friulian: peš — vertebrate animal
- Fula: liingu — vertebrate animal
- Gagauz: balık — vertebrate animal
- Galician: peixe — vertebrate animal
- Gamilaraay: guya — vertebrate animal
- Garo: natok — vertebrate animal
- Ge'ez: ዓሣ (ʿaśa) — vertebrate animal
- Georgian: თევზი (tevzi) — vertebrate animal
- German: Fisch — vertebrate animal
- Bavarian German: Fiisch — vertebrate animal
- Middle High German: visch — vertebrate animal
- Old High German: fisc — vertebrate animal
- German: Fusch (Vorderpfälzisch) — vertebrate animal
- German: Fisch — vertebrate animal
- Golin: nil kabe — vertebrate animal
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks) — vertebrate animal
- Greek: ψάρι (psári) — vertebrate animal
- Ancient Greek: ἰχθύς (ikhthús) — vertebrate animal
- Mariupol Greek: псар (psar) — vertebrate animal
- Greenlandic: aalisagaq — vertebrate animal
- Guajá: pira — vertebrate animal
- Guajajára: pira — vertebrate animal
- Mbya Guarani: pira — vertebrate animal
- Paraguayan Guarani: pira — vertebrate animal
- Gujarati: માછલી (māchlī) — vertebrate animal
- Hadza: ǀʼàmá-à — vertebrate animal
- Haida: čín — vertebrate animal
- Haitian Creole: pwason — vertebrate animal
- Hanunoo: isda — vertebrate animal
- Hausa: kifi — vertebrate animal
- Hawaiian: iʻa — vertebrate animal
- Hebrew: דָּג (dag) — vertebrate animal
- Higaonon: suda — vertebrate animal
- Hiligaynon: isda — vertebrate animal
- Hindi: मछली (machlī) — vertebrate animal
- Hindi: मत्स्य (matsya) — vertebrate animal
- Hindi: माही (māhī) — vertebrate animal
- Hindi: मीन (mīn) — vertebrate animal
- Hindi: मच्छी (macchī) — vertebrate animal
- Hiri Motu: gwarume — vertebrate animal
- Hixkaryana: kana — vertebrate animal
- Hlai: hla — vertebrate animal
- White Hmong: ntses — vertebrate animal
- Hopi: paakiw — vertebrate animal
- Hovongan: ciɛn — vertebrate animal
- Huambisa: namak — vertebrate animal
- Hungarian: hal — vertebrate animal
- Hunsrik: Fisch — vertebrate animal
- Iban: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Ibanag: sira — vertebrate animal
- Icelandic: fiskur — vertebrate animal
- Ido: fisho — vertebrate animal
- Igbo: azụ — vertebrate animal
- Ikpeng: wot — vertebrate animal
- Ilocano: sida — vertebrate animal
- Ilocano: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Ilocano: lames — vertebrate animal
- Inabaknon: dayiŋ — vertebrate animal
- Indonesian: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Ingrian: kala — vertebrate animal
- Ingush: чкъаьра (čqʼära) — vertebrate animal
- Interlingua: pisce — vertebrate animal
- Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃ (iqalok) — vertebrate animal
- Iranun: seda' — vertebrate animal
- Iraya: isda — vertebrate animal
- Irish: iasc — vertebrate animal
- Old Irish: íasc — vertebrate animal
- Isan: ปา — vertebrate animal
- Istriot: piso — vertebrate animal
- Italian: pesce — vertebrate animal
- Itonama: opi — vertebrate animal
- Iu Mien: mbiauz — vertebrate animal
- Jangkang: ikayʔ — vertebrate animal
- Japanese: 魚 — vertebrate animal
- Japanese: 魚類 (gyorui) — vertebrate animal
- Old Japanese: 魚 (na) — vertebrate animal
- Javanese: ꦲꦶꦮꦏ꧀ (iwak) — vertebrate animal
- Javanese: ꦲꦸꦭꦩ꧀ (ulam) — vertebrate animal
- Old Javanese: iwak — vertebrate animal
- Kabuverdianu: pexi — vertebrate animal
- Kaingang: pirã — vertebrate animal
- Kaitag: бяли́къкъ (bəlíɢɢ) — vertebrate animal
- Kajaman: ǯən — vertebrate animal
- Lubuagan Kalinga: la'mos — vertebrate animal
- Kalmyk: заһсн (zağsn) — vertebrate animal
- Kamayurá: ipira — vertebrate animal
- Kanakanabu: vutuukuru — vertebrate animal
- Kannada: ಮೀನು (mīnu) — vertebrate animal
- Kanowit: ǯən — vertebrate animal
- Kansa: ho — vertebrate animal
- Kanuri: búnyi — vertebrate animal
- Kanuri: búnì — vertebrate animal
- Kapampangan: asan — vertebrate animal
- Karachay-Balkar: чабакъ (çabaq) — vertebrate animal
- Karachay-Balkar: балыкъ (balıq) — vertebrate animal
- Karakalpak: balıq — vertebrate animal
- Karelian: kala — vertebrate animal
- Kari'na: woto — vertebrate animal
- Karitiâna: ip — vertebrate animal
- Kashubian: rëba — vertebrate animal
- Kaurna: kuya — vertebrate animal
- Kavalan: baut — vertebrate animal
- Kawésqar: yawchen — vertebrate animal
- Kayabí: pira — vertebrate animal
- Bahau: maheːk — vertebrate animal
- Kayan River Kayan: masiə̯k — vertebrate animal
- Kayapó: tep — vertebrate animal
- Kazakh: балық (balyq) — vertebrate animal
- Kelabit: luaŋ — vertebrate animal
- Kelo: u — vertebrate animal
- Kembayan: ikətˀn — vertebrate animal
- Kendayan: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Keninjal: laok — vertebrate animal
- Kereho: ocɛn — vertebrate animal
- Khakas: палых (palıx) — vertebrate animal
- Northern Khanty: хул (hul) — vertebrate animal
- Khmer: ត្រី (trəy) — vertebrate animal
- Khoekhoe: ǁaub — vertebrate animal
- Khowar: مَڅھی (matshí) — vertebrate animal
- K'iche': kar — vertebrate animal
- Kikuyu: thamaki — vertebrate animal
- Kinaray-a: isda — vertebrate animal
- Kituba: mbisi — vertebrate animal
- Klamath-Modoc: kyem — vertebrate animal
- Kombio: yokn — vertebrate animal
- Komi-Zyrian: чери (ćeri) — vertebrate animal
- Kongo: mbisi — vertebrate animal
- Konkani: मासोळि (māsoḷi) — vertebrate animal
- Konkani: जळ्के (dzaḷke) — vertebrate animal
- Korean: 물고기 (mulgogi) — vertebrate animal
- Korean: 고기 (gogi) — vertebrate animal
- Korean: 어류 (eoryu) — vertebrate animal
- Middle Korean: 믌고기 (mulskwoki) — vertebrate animal
- Koryak: ынныын (ənnəən) — vertebrate animal
- Krahô: tep — vertebrate animal
- Krisa: wè — vertebrate animal
- Kuikúro: kanga — vertebrate animal
- Kumbewaha: ise — vertebrate animal
- Kumyk: балыкъ (balıq) — vertebrate animal
- Central Kurdish: ماسی (masî) — vertebrate animal
- Northern Kurdish: masî — vertebrate animal
- Kuruáya: kotip — vertebrate animal
- Kwak'wala: me — vertebrate animal
- Kwak'wala: a̱ka̱la — vertebrate animal
- Kyrgyz: балык (balık) — vertebrate animal
- Laboya: kaboko — vertebrate animal
- Lahanan: ǯən — vertebrate animal
- Lao: ປາ (pā) — vertebrate animal
- Latgalian: zivs — vertebrate animal
- Latin: piscis — vertebrate animal
- Latvian: zivs — vertebrate animal
- Lawangan: kinaːs — vertebrate animal
- Lepcha: ngu — vertebrate animal
- Lepcha: ᰅᰫ (ngú) — vertebrate animal
- Lezgi: балугъ (baluġ) — vertebrate animal
- Ligurian: péscio — vertebrate animal
- Limbu: ᤏᤠ᤺ (nā) — vertebrate animal
- Lingala: mbísi — vertebrate animal
- Lingala: nsú — vertebrate animal
- Lithuanian: žuvis — vertebrate animal
- Livonian: kalā — vertebrate animal
- Lokono: hime — vertebrate animal
- Lokono: himi — vertebrate animal
- Lombard: pess — vertebrate animal
- Long Wat: təlo — vertebrate animal
- Louisiana Creole: pwason — vertebrate animal
- Low German: Fisch — vertebrate animal
- Low German: Fösch — vertebrate animal
- Low German: Visk — vertebrate animal
- Low German: Fisk (Ravensberg) — vertebrate animal
- Middle Low German: visch — vertebrate animal
- Lü: ᦔᦱ (ṗaa) — vertebrate animal
- Ludian: kala — vertebrate animal
- Luhya: eng'eni — vertebrate animal
- Lun Bawang: lawid — vertebrate animal
- Luo: rech — vertebrate animal
- Lutuv: ngaa — vertebrate animal
- Luxembourgish: Fësch — vertebrate animal
- Ma'anyan: kenah — vertebrate animal
- Macaguán: bopi — vertebrate animal
- Macedonian: риба (riba) — vertebrate animal
- Machinere: shima — vertebrate animal
- Madurese: jukoʔ — vertebrate animal
- Maguindanao: seda — vertebrate animal
- Makasae: afi — vertebrate animal
- Makasar: juku' — vertebrate animal
- Makuráp: potkap — vertebrate animal
- Malagasy: trondro — vertebrate animal
- Malay: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Brunei Malay: lauk — vertebrate animal
- Brunei Malay: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Malayalam: മീന് (mīṉ) — vertebrate animal
- Malayalam: മത്സ്യം (matsyaṁ) — vertebrate animal
- Malayic Dayak: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Maltese: ħut — vertebrate animal
- Maltese: ħuta — vertebrate animal
- Manchu: ᠨᡳᠮᠠᡥᠠ (nimaha) — vertebrate animal
- Mandahuaca: kuhe — vertebrate animal
- Mandar: bau — vertebrate animal
- Mangghuer: yuer — vertebrate animal
- Manipuri: ꯉꯥ (ngā) — vertebrate animal
- Manipuri: ꯂꯦꯝꯂꯩ (lemlei) — vertebrate animal
- Dibabawon Manobo: isda — vertebrate animal
- Mansaka: isda — vertebrate animal
- Northern Mansi: хӯл (hūl) — vertebrate animal
- Northern Mansi: хул (hul) — vertebrate animal
- Manx: eeast — vertebrate animal
- Manx: yeeast — vertebrate animal
- Māori: ika — vertebrate animal
- Maranao: seda' — vertebrate animal
- Marathi: मासा (māsā) — vertebrate animal
- Eastern Mari: кол (kol) — vertebrate animal
- Western Mari: кол (kol) — vertebrate animal
- Marshallese: ek — vertebrate animal
- Marúbo: yapa — vertebrate animal
- Masbatenyo: isda — vertebrate animal
- Matís: chapa — vertebrate animal
- Maxakalí: maham — vertebrate animal
- Mehináku: kupati — vertebrate animal
- Central Melanau: jekan — vertebrate animal
- Mende (Sierra Leone): nye — vertebrate animal
- Middle English: fissh — vertebrate animal
- Middle Mongol: ᠵᠢᠭ᠍ᠠᠰᠤᠨ (ǰiɣasun) — vertebrate animal
- Minangkabau: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Mingo: kẽtsõ — vertebrate animal
- Mingrelian: ჩხომი (čxomi) — vertebrate animal
- Miskito: inska — vertebrate animal
- Mòcheno: visch — vertebrate animal
- Mocoví: nalyin — vertebrate animal
- Modang: təwk — vertebrate animal
- Mohawk: kéntsion — vertebrate animal
- Moksha: кал (kal) — vertebrate animal
- Mon: က — vertebrate animal
- Mongghul: jighasi — vertebrate animal
- Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠰᠤ (ǰiɣasu) — vertebrate animal
- Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠭ᠍ᠠᠰᠤ (ǰiɣasu) — vertebrate animal
- Mongolian: загас (zagas) — vertebrate animal
- Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠰᠤ (ǰiɣasu) — vertebrate animal
- Montana Salish: sǝˀwéˀwɬ — vertebrate animal
- Motu: gwarume — vertebrate animal
- Movima: bilau — vertebrate animal
- Mualang: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Mundurukú: ashima — vertebrate animal
- Muong: cả — vertebrate animal
- Murik (Malaysia): sən — vertebrate animal
- Mwani: inswi — vertebrate animal
- Nadëb: tahüb — vertebrate animal
- Khiamniungan Naga: ngòuh — vertebrate animal
- Classical Nahuatl: michin — vertebrate animal
- Nambikwara: ainsu — vertebrate animal
- Nanai: согдата (sogdata) — vertebrate animal
- Nanai: холто (holto) — vertebrate animal
- Nanticoke: wammass — vertebrate animal
- Piscataway: nammes — vertebrate animal
- Navajo: łóóʼ — vertebrate animal
- Naxi: ni — vertebrate animal
- Neapolitan: pesce — vertebrate animal
- Negidal: оло — vertebrate animal
- Nepali: माछा (māchā) — vertebrate animal
- Newar: ङ (ṅa) — vertebrate animal
- Newar: ञ (ña) — vertebrate animal
- Ngaju: laok — vertebrate animal
- Nga La: nga — vertebrate animal
- Nganasan: колы (koly) — vertebrate animal
- Central Nicobarese: ká — vertebrate animal
- Ninam: yalaka — vertebrate animal
- Nivaclé: saxeč — vertebrate animal
- Nivkh: чо (ț’o) — vertebrate animal
- Nogai: балык (balık) — vertebrate animal
- Norman: peissoun — vertebrate animal
- Norman: paîsson — vertebrate animal
- Norman: païssaon — vertebrate animal
- Norwegian Bokmål: fisk — vertebrate animal
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fisk — vertebrate animal
- Nuer: rɛc — vertebrate animal
- Nukak Makú: akaji — vertebrate animal
- Nuosu: ꉛ (hxe) — vertebrate animal
- Nupe: yikan — vertebrate animal
- Occitan: peis — vertebrate animal
- Odia: ମୀନ (mina) — vertebrate animal
- Odia: ମତ୍ସ୍ଯ (matsja) — vertebrate animal
- Ofayé: kytyiq — vertebrate animal
- Southern Ohlone: huuyi — vertebrate animal
- Ojibwe: ᑮᑰᓒ — vertebrate animal
- Ojibwe: giigoonh — vertebrate animal
- Okinawan: 魚 (iu, iyu) — vertebrate animal
- Church Slavic: рꙑба (ryba) — vertebrate animal
- Church Slavic: ⱃⱏⰺⰱⰰ (ryba) — vertebrate animal
- Old East Slavic: рꙑба (ryba) — vertebrate animal
- Old English: fisċ — vertebrate animal
- Old Norse: fiskr — vertebrate animal
- Old Prussian: zuks — vertebrate animal
- Old Saxon: fisk — vertebrate animal
- Old Tupi: pirá — vertebrate animal
- Omaha-Ponca: huhú — vertebrate animal
- O'odham: watopi — vertebrate animal
- Oroch: окто — vertebrate animal
- Orok: холто (holto) — vertebrate animal
- Oromo: qurxummii — vertebrate animal
- Oroqen: ɔlɔ — vertebrate animal
- Oro Win: hwam — vertebrate animal
- Ossetian: кӕсалгӕ (kæsalgæ) — vertebrate animal
- Ossetian: кӕф (kæf) — vertebrate animal
- Ossetian: кӕсаг (kæsag) — vertebrate animal
- Ot Danum: ocɪn — vertebrate animal
- Paiwan: ciqav — vertebrate animal
- Paiwan: ciqaw — vertebrate animal
- Palauan: ngikel — vertebrate animal
- Pali: maccha — vertebrate animal
- Palikur: ima — vertebrate animal
- Panará: tepi — vertebrate animal
- Pangasinan: sira — vertebrate animal
- Pannonian Rusyn: риба (riba) — vertebrate animal
- Papiamentu: piská — vertebrate animal
- Pará Gavião: tep — vertebrate animal
- Parakanã: ipira — vertebrate animal
- Pareci: kohase — vertebrate animal
- Pashto: کب (kab) — vertebrate animal
- Pashto: ماهي (mâhi) — vertebrate animal
- Pataxó Hã-Ha-Hãe: mãhãm — vertebrate animal
- Paumarí: abaisana — vertebrate animal
- Pawnee: kaciiki — vertebrate animal
- Pela: ŋə̆ta31 — vertebrate animal
- Eastern Penan: səluaŋ — vertebrate animal
- Western Penan: bətəlu — vertebrate animal
- Dari: مَاهِی (māhī) — vertebrate animal
- Iranian Persian: ماهی (mâhi) — vertebrate animal
- Picard: pichon — vertebrate animal
- Piedmontese: pess — vertebrate animal
- Pilagá: niyak — vertebrate animal
- Pipil: michin — vertebrate animal
- Pirahã: itii'isi — vertebrate animal
- Plautdietsch: Fesch (nds) — vertebrate animal
- Pohnpeian: mwahmw — vertebrate animal
- Polish: ryba — vertebrate animal
- Old Polish: ryba — vertebrate animal
- Portuguese: peixe — vertebrate animal
- Punan Aput: ǯɛn — vertebrate animal
- Punan Bah-Biau: basuow — vertebrate animal
- Punan Tubu: bacow — vertebrate animal
- Punjabi: ਮੱਛੀ (macchī) — vertebrate animal
- Puruborá: ipbay — vertebrate animal
- Puyuma: kuraw — vertebrate animal
- Pykobjê: tep — vertebrate animal
- Quechua: challwa — vertebrate animal
- Quechua: callwa — vertebrate animal
- Quileute: ˀá·lita — vertebrate animal
- Rapa Nui: ika — vertebrate animal
- Ratagnon: isda — vertebrate animal
- Rawang: nga — vertebrate animal
- Rejang Kayan: masiə̯k — vertebrate animal
- Réunion Creole French: poison — vertebrate animal
- Ribun: ikatn — vertebrate animal
- Rikbaktsa: piknu — vertebrate animal
- Rohingya: mas — vertebrate animal
- Romagnol: pèş — vertebrate animal
- Romani: maćho — vertebrate animal
- Kalo Finnish Romani: matšo — vertebrate animal
- Vlax-Romani: maćho — vertebrate animal
- Romanian: pește — vertebrate animal
- Romansh: pesch — vertebrate animal
- Romansh: pestg — vertebrate animal
- Romblomanon: isda — vertebrate animal
- Rukai: kange — vertebrate animal
- Russian: ры́ба (rýba) — vertebrate animal
- Saanich: PIŚ — vertebrate animal
- Saaroa: vutukuhlu — vertebrate animal
- Saek: ปร๋า — vertebrate animal
- Saho: caasa — vertebrate animal
- Saisiyat: 'aelaw — vertebrate animal
- Sakizaya: buting — vertebrate animal
- Inari-Sami: kyeli — vertebrate animal
- Kildin-Sami: кӯлль (kūll’) — vertebrate animal
- Lule-Sami: guolle — vertebrate animal
- Northern Sami: guolli — vertebrate animal
- Pite Sami: guolle — vertebrate animal
- Skolt-Sami: kueˊll — vertebrate animal
- Southern Sami: guelie — vertebrate animal
- Ter Sami: кылле (kïll’e) — vertebrate animal
- Ter Sami: kɨllˈe — vertebrate animal
- Samoan: iʔa — vertebrate animal
- Samoan: iʻa — vertebrate animal
- Sandawe: sómbá — vertebrate animal
- Sanggau: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Sango: susu — vertebrate animal
- Sanskrit: मत्स्य (matsya) — vertebrate animal
- Sanskrit: मीन (mīna) — vertebrate animal
- Sanskrit: झष (jhaṣá) — vertebrate animal
- Santali: ᱦᱟᱹᱠᱩ (hăku) — vertebrate animal
- Sanumá: salaka — vertebrate animal
- Sardinian: pische — vertebrate animal
- Sardinian: pisci — vertebrate animal
- Sardinian: pische — vertebrate animal
- Scots: fish — vertebrate animal
- Scottish Gaelic: iasg — vertebrate animal
- Seberuang: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Segai: təwk — vertebrate animal
- Sekapan: ǯən — vertebrate animal
- Selk'nam: tapl — vertebrate animal
- Serbo-Croatian: ри̏ба — vertebrate animal
- Serbo-Croatian: rȉba — vertebrate animal
- Seychellois Creole: pwason — vertebrate animal
- Shan: ပႃ (pǎa) — vertebrate animal
- Shor: палық (palıq) — vertebrate animal
- Shoshone: baingwi — vertebrate animal
- Shuswap: swewll — vertebrate animal
- Sicilian: pisci — vertebrate animal
- Sidamo: qilximme — vertebrate animal
- Sindhi: मच्छी — vertebrate animal
- Sinhalese: මාළුවා (māḷuwā) — vertebrate animal
- Skou: móe — vertebrate animal
- Slovak: ryba — vertebrate animal
- Slovene: riba — vertebrate animal
- Somali: kaluun — vertebrate animal
- Lower Sorbian: ryba — vertebrate animal
- Upper Sorbian: ryba — vertebrate animal
- Masbate Sorsogon: sira — vertebrate animal
- Waray Sorsogon: isda — vertebrate animal
- Sotho: sehlapi — vertebrate animal
- South Central Banda: giangû — vertebrate animal
- Spanish: pez — vertebrate animal
- Spanish: pescado — vertebrate animal
- Spanish: peje — vertebrate animal
- Spanish: pesce (disused) — vertebrate animal
- Sranan Tongo: fisi — vertebrate animal
- Sumbawa: jangan — vertebrate animal
- Sumerian: 𒄩 — vertebrate animal
- Sundanese: lauk — vertebrate animal
- Surigaonon: isda — vertebrate animal
- Suyá: thewe — vertebrate animal
- Suyá: thep — vertebrate animal
- Svan: ცუზ (cuz) — vertebrate animal
- Svan: კალმახ (ḳalmax) — vertebrate animal
- Swahili: samaki — vertebrate animal
- Swedish: fisk — vertebrate animal
- Old Swedish: fisker — vertebrate animal
- Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠍ (masó) — vertebrate animal
- Tabaru: naoko — vertebrate animal
- Tabasaran: балугъ (baluġ) — vertebrate animal
- Tadyawan: isda — vertebrate animal
- Tagalog: isda — vertebrate animal
- Tahitian: eiya — vertebrate animal
- Tahitian: iʻa — vertebrate animal
- Tai Dam: ꪜꪱ — vertebrate animal
- Tai Nüa: ᥙᥣ (paa) — vertebrate animal
- Tajik: моҳӣ (mohi) — vertebrate animal
- Talysh: moy — vertebrate animal
- Talysh: мој (moj) — vertebrate animal
- Tamil: மீன் (mīṉ) — vertebrate animal
- Taos: pə̏ʼə́na — vertebrate animal
- Tapayuna: thewe — vertebrate animal
- Tapayuna: thep — vertebrate animal
- Tarantino: pésce — vertebrate animal
- Tarifit: asrem — vertebrate animal
- Taroko: qcurux (Toda) — vertebrate animal
- Taroko: qsurux — vertebrate animal
- Tatar: балык (balıq) — vertebrate animal
- Tausug: ista — vertebrate animal
- Tawoyan: ləluaŋ — vertebrate animal
- Tày: pja — vertebrate animal
- Tboli: hangus — vertebrate animal
- Telugu: చేప (cēpa) — vertebrate animal
- Telugu: మత్స్యము (matsyamu) — vertebrate animal
- Ternate: nyao — vertebrate animal
- Tetum: ikan — vertebrate animal
- Thai: ปลา (bplaa) — vertebrate animal
- Thai: มีน (miin) — vertebrate animal
- Northern Thai: ᨸᩖᩣ — vertebrate animal
- Thao: rusaw — vertebrate animal
- Tibetan: ཉ (nya) — vertebrate animal
- Tidore: nyao — vertebrate animal
- Tigrinya: ዓሳ (ʿasa) — vertebrate animal
- Tiruray: sedo — vertebrate animal
- Tlingit: x̱áat — vertebrate animal
- Tocantins Asurini: ipira — vertebrate animal
- Tocharian A: läks — vertebrate animal
- Tocharian B: laks — vertebrate animal
- Tok Pisin: pis — vertebrate animal
- Tongan: ika — vertebrate animal
- Tonkawa: nɛswʌlˀʌn — vertebrate animal
- Tooro: encu class 9 — vertebrate animal
- Tooro: eky'enyanja class 7 — vertebrate animal
- Tooro: ensamaaki class 9 — vertebrate animal
- Tsimshian: hóːn — vertebrate animal
- Tsou: yoskʉ — vertebrate animal
- Tswana: tlhapi (9/10) — vertebrate animal
- Tulu: ಮೀನ್ (mīnŭ) — vertebrate animal
- Tumbuka: somba — vertebrate animal
- Tunjung: mətuʔ — vertebrate animal
- Turkish: balık — vertebrate animal
- Turkish: sokan — vertebrate animal
- Ottoman Turkish: بالق (balık) — vertebrate animal
- Ottoman Turkish: ماهی (mahi) — vertebrate animal
- Turkmen: balyk — vertebrate animal
- Tuvan: балык (balık) — vertebrate animal
- Ubykh: ԥса (psa) — vertebrate animal
- Udi: чаьли (čäli) — vertebrate animal
- Udihe: оло̄ — vertebrate animal
- Udmurt: чорыг (ćoryg) — vertebrate animal
- Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎂 (dg) — vertebrate animal
- Ukit: aǯən — vertebrate animal
- Ukrainian: ри́ба (rýba) — vertebrate animal
- Ulch: холто — vertebrate animal
- Umotína: haré — vertebrate animal
- Unami: names — vertebrate animal
- Urdu: مَچْھلی (machlī) — vertebrate animal
- Urdu: ماہی (māhī) — vertebrate animal
- Urdu: مَتْسیَہ (matsya) — vertebrate animal
- Urubú-Kaapor: pira — vertebrate animal
- Uyghur: بېلىق (bëliq) — vertebrate animal
- Uzbek: baliq — vertebrate animal
- Venetan: pése — vertebrate animal
- Venetan: pes — vertebrate animal
- Venetan: pese — vertebrate animal
- Veps: kala — vertebrate animal
- Vietnamese: cá — vertebrate animal
- Vilamovian: fejś — vertebrate animal
- Volapük: fit — vertebrate animal
- Votic: kala — vertebrate animal
- Wahau Kenyah: atok — vertebrate animal
- Walloon: pexhon — vertebrate animal
- Wambaya: gaguwi — vertebrate animal
- Waray-Waray: isda — vertebrate animal
- Warekena: kupe — vertebrate animal
- Wari': hwam — vertebrate animal
- Wauja: kupati — vertebrate animal
- Welsh: pysgodyn — vertebrate animal
- West Makian: yao — vertebrate animal
- Wichita: kaacɁa — vertebrate animal
- Wolaytta: moliya — vertebrate animal
- Wutung: mú — vertebrate animal
- Wutunhua: xhuiyang — vertebrate animal
- Xavante: tepe — vertebrate animal
- Xerénte: tbê — vertebrate animal
- Xerénte: tpê — vertebrate animal
- Xingú Asuriní: ipira — vertebrate animal
- Xokleng: kagklo — vertebrate animal
- Yaghnobi: моҳӣ (mohi) — vertebrate animal
- Yakut: балык (balïk) — vertebrate animal
- Yámana: apouS — vertebrate animal
- Yami: among — vertebrate animal
- Yawalapití: kupati — vertebrate animal
- Ye'kwana: kana — vertebrate animal
- Yiddish: פֿיש — vertebrate animal
- Yonaguni: 魚 (iyu) — vertebrate animal
- Yoron: 魚 ('yū) — vertebrate animal
- Yoruba: ẹja — vertebrate animal
- Yucatec Maya: kay — vertebrate animal
- Northern Yukaghir: альг̧а (aļha) — vertebrate animal
- Yup'ik: neqa — vertebrate animal
- Zazaki: mase (diq) — vertebrate animal
- Zealandic: vis — vertebrate animal
- Zhuang: bya — vertebrate animal
- Zou: nga — vertebrate animal
- Zulu: inhlanzi — vertebrate animal
- Zulu: ufishi class 1a/2a — vertebrate animal
- Arabic: سَمَك (samak) — collective plural of fish
- Arabic: سمك (samak) — collective plural of fish
- Armenian: ձկներ (jkner) — collective plural of fish
- Bulgarian: ри́би (ríbi) — collective plural of fish
- Chinese: 魚 /鱼 (hî/hû/gû) — collective plural of fish
- Chinese Mandarin: 魚 /鱼 (yú) — collective plural of fish
- Danish: fisk — collective plural of fish
- Finnish: kala — collective plural of fish
- French: poisson — collective plural of fish
- French: poissons — collective plural of fish
- Fula: liɗɗi — collective plural of fish
- Fula: liƴƴi — collective plural of fish
- Galician: peixes — collective plural of fish
- Greek: ψάρια (psária) — collective plural of fish
- Ido: fisharo — collective plural of fish
- Plautdietsch: Fesch (nds) — collective plural of fish
- Portuguese: peixes — collective plural of fish
- Portuguese: cardume — collective plural of fish
- Russian: ры́ба (rýba) — collective plural of fish
- Russian: ры́бы (rýby) — collective plural of fish
- Slovak: ryby — collective plural of fish
- Swahili: samaki — collective plural of fish
- Swedish: fiskar — collective plural of fish
- Turkish: balıklar — collective plural of fish
- Ukrainian: ри́би (rýby) — collective plural of fish
- Venetan: pési — collective plural of fish
- Volapük: fitem — collective plural of fish
- Welsh: pysgod — collective plural of fish
- Finnish: kala — archaic: any vertebrate that lives in water and cannot live outside it
- Gujarati: જલચર (jalcar) — archaic: any vertebrate that lives in water and cannot live outside it
- Swahili: samaki — archaic: any vertebrate that lives in water and cannot live outside it
- Armenian: ձուկ (juk) — flesh of fish as food
- Asturian: pexe — flesh of fish as food
- Asturian: pescáu — flesh of fish as food
- Bengali: মাছ (mach) — flesh of fish as food
- Chinese Cantonese: 魚 /鱼 — flesh of fish as food
- Chinese Cantonese: 魚肉 /鱼肉 (jyu4 juk6) — flesh of fish as food
- Chinese Mandarin: 魚 /鱼 (yú) — flesh of fish as food
- Chinese Mandarin: 魚肉 /鱼肉 (yúròu) — flesh of fish as food
- Crimean Tatar: balıq — flesh of fish as food
- Czech: ryba — flesh of fish as food
- Danish: fisk — flesh of fish as food
- Erzya: кал (kal) — flesh of fish as food
- Esperanto: fiŝo — flesh of fish as food
- Esperanto: fiŝaĵo — flesh of fish as food
- Estonian: kala — flesh of fish as food
- Finnish: kala — flesh of fish as food
- French: poisson — flesh of fish as food
- Georgian: თევზი (tevzi) — flesh of fish as food
- German: Fisch — flesh of fish as food
- Greek: ψάρι (psári) — flesh of fish as food
- Greenlandic: aalisaq — flesh of fish as food
- Hebrew: דג (dag) — flesh of fish as food
- Hiligaynon: abákan — flesh of fish as food
- Hindi: मीन (mīn) — flesh of fish as food
- Icelandic: fiskur — flesh of fish as food
- Ido: fisho-karno — flesh of fish as food
- Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃ (iqalok) — flesh of fish as food
- Irish: iasc — flesh of fish as food
- Italian: pesce — flesh of fish as food
- Japanese: 魚肉 (gyoniku) — flesh of fish as food
- Khakas: палых (palıx) — flesh of fish as food
- Korean: 생선 (saengseon) — flesh of fish as food
- Korean: 물고기 (mulgogi) — flesh of fish as food
- Northern Kurdish: masî — flesh of fish as food
- Kwak'wala: xa̱ła — flesh of fish as food
- Ladino: peshkado — flesh of fish as food
- Ladino: pishkado — flesh of fish as food
- Latvian: zivs — flesh of fish as food
- Lithuanian: žuvis — flesh of fish as food
- Lithuanian: žuviena — flesh of fish as food
- Macedonian: риба (riba) — flesh of fish as food
- Malayalam: മീന് (mīṉ) — flesh of fish as food
- Picard: pichon — flesh of fish as food
- Polish: ryba — flesh of fish as food
- Portuguese: peixe — flesh of fish as food
- Romanian: pește — flesh of fish as food
- Russian: ры́ба (rýba) — flesh of fish as food
- Serbo-Croatian: ри̏ба — flesh of fish as food
- Serbo-Croatian: rȉba — flesh of fish as food
- Slovak: ryba — flesh of fish as food
- Slovak: rybacina — flesh of fish as food
- Slovene: riba — flesh of fish as food
- Lower Sorbian: ryba — flesh of fish as food
- Spanish: pescado — flesh of fish as food
- Swahili: samaki — flesh of fish as food
- Swedish: fisk — flesh of fish as food
- Tatar: балык (balıq) — flesh of fish as food
- Tetum: ikan — flesh of fish as food
- Tibetan: ཉ་ཤ (nya sha) — flesh of fish as food
- Turkish: balık — flesh of fish as food
- Ukrainian: ри́ба (rýba) — flesh of fish as food
- Venetan: pesse — flesh of fish as food
- Venetan: pese — flesh of fish as food
- Venetan: pes — flesh of fish as food
- Venetan: pése — flesh of fish as food
- Welsh: pysgodyn — flesh of fish as food
- Welsh: pysgod — flesh of fish as food
- Zulu: inhlanzi — flesh of fish as food
- Zulu: ufishi class 1a/2a — flesh of fish as food
- Bulgarian: риболо́в (ribolóv) — period of time spent fishing
- Finnish: kalastus — period of time spent fishing
- Finnish: kala — period of time spent fishing
- French: pêche — period of time spent fishing
- German: Fischzug — period of time spent fishing
- Greek: ψάρεμα (psárema) — period of time spent fishing
- Hungarian: halászat — period of time spent fishing
- Hungarian: halászás — period of time spent fishing
- Italian: pesca — period of time spent fishing
- Northern Kurdish: masîgirî — period of time spent fishing
- Polish: łowienie ryb — period of time spent fishing
- Portuguese: pesca — period of time spent fishing
- Portuguese: pescaria — period of time spent fishing
- Romanian: pescuit — period of time spent fishing
- Romanian: pescuire — period of time spent fishing
- Russian: рыба́лка (rybálka) — period of time spent fishing
- Russian: ры́бная ло́вля (rýbnaja lóvlja) — period of time spent fishing
- Serbo-Croatian: ри̏боло̄в — period of time spent fishing
- Serbo-Croatian: rȉbolōv — period of time spent fishing
- Slovak: rybačka — period of time spent fishing
- Slovak: rybárčenie — period of time spent fishing
- Slovak: rybárstvo — period of time spent fishing
- Slovak: rybolov — period of time spent fishing
- Spanish: pesca — period of time spent fishing
- Swahili: samaki — period of time spent fishing
- Swedish: fiske — period of time spent fishing
- Venetan: pesca — period of time spent fishing
- Finnish: haku — instance of seeking something
- Finnish: etsintä — instance of seeking something
- Greek: ψάρεμα (psárema) — instance of seeking something
- Portuguese: procura — instance of seeking something
- Portuguese: busca — instance of seeking something
- Russian: ло́вля (lóvlja) — instance of seeking something
- Swahili: samaki — instance of seeking something
- Danish: fisk — card game
- Finnish: hyppää järveen — card game
- Swahili: samaki — card game
- Bulgarian: ма́цка (mácka) — derogatory slang: woman
- Macedonian: риба (riba) — derogatory slang: woman
- Portuguese: rachada — derogatory slang: woman
- Russian: тёлка (tjólka) — derogatory slang: woman
- Serbo-Croatian: ри̏ба — derogatory slang: woman
- Serbo-Croatian: rȉba — derogatory slang: woman
- Swahili: samaki — derogatory slang: woman
- Greek: ψάρι (psári) — slang: easy victim for swindling
- Hungarian: balek — slang: easy victim for swindling
- Hungarian: palimadár — slang: easy victim for swindling
- Portuguese: otário — slang: easy victim for swindling
- Russian: лох (lox) — slang: easy victim for swindling
- Russian: лопу́х (lopúx) — slang: easy victim for swindling
- Russian: фра́ер (frájer) — slang: easy victim for swindling
- Swahili: samaki — slang: easy victim for swindling
- Swahili: samaki — nautical: makeshift brace
- Arabic: صَادَ (ṣāda) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Arabic: صيّد (ṣayyəd) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Armenian: ձուկ բռնել (juk bṙnel) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Aromanian: piscuescu — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Asturian: pescar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Bangi: lobo — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Basque: arrantzan egin — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Belarusian: рыба́чыць (rybáčycʹ) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Belarusian: лаві́ць ры́бу (lavícʹ rýbu) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Borôro: wogu — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Breton: pesketa — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Bulgarian: ловя́ ри́ба (lovjá ríba) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Catalan: pescar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Cebuano: mamasol — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Cebuano: mamukot — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Cebuano: managat — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Cebuano: mangisda — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Cherokee: ᎠᏧᎲᏍᎦ (atsuhvsga) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Chinese Cantonese: 釣魚 /钓鱼 — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Chinese Mandarin: 釣魚 /钓鱼 (diàoyú) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Chinese Mandarin: 漁 /渔 (yú) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Czech: rybařit — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Danish: fiske — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Dutch: vissen — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Dutch: hengelen — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Dutch: snoeken — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Egyptian: HA-A-m- (ḥꜣm) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Esperanto: fiŝkapti — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Fijian: siwa — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Fijian: qoli — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Finnish: kalastaa — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- French: pêcher — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- West-Frisian: fiskje — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Friulian: pescjâ — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Friulian: pesčhâ — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Galician: pescar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- German: fischen — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- German: angeln — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (fiskōn) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Greek: ψαρεύω (psarévo) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Greek: αλιεύω (aliévo) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Ancient Greek: ἁλιεύω (halieúō) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Greenlandic: aalisarpoq — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Hawaiian: lawaiʻa — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- White Hmong: nuv ntses — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Hungarian: halászik — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Hungarian: horgászik — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Icelandic: veiða — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Icelandic: fiska — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Ido: peskar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Indonesian: memancing — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Interlingua: piscar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Old Irish: ad·claid — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Istriot: pascà — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Italian: pescare — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Japanese: 釣る (tsuru) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Kabuverdianu: piska — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Kabuverdianu: peská — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Kaingang: vim ke — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Kashmiri: گاڈ (gāḍ) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Khmer: នេសាទ (neesaat) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Kituba: loba — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Kongo: loba — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Korean: 낚다 (nakda) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Korean: 낚시하다 (naksihada) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Lao: ປະມົງ (pa mong) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Latin: piscor — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Latvian: zvejot — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Latvian: makšķerēt — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Lingala: lobo — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Lingala: lúba — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Lithuanian: žvejoti — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Lithuanian: žuvauti — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Lithuanian: meškerioti — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Lombard: pescà — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Luxembourgish: fëschen — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Malay: menangkap ikan — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Malay: memancing — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Malayalam: മീൻപിടിക്കുക (mīṉpiṭikkuka) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Māori: hī — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Māori: matira — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Māori: hao — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Māori: māngoingoi — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Māori: makamaka — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Māori: makamaka ika — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Middle English: fisshen — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Mwani: kuvuwa — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Classical Nahuatl: michahci — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Classical Nahuatl: michma — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Norman: pêtchi — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Norwegian: fiske — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Occitan: pescar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Southern Ohlone: huynina — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Old English: fiscian — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Persian: ماهیگیری (mâhi-giri) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Pohnpeian: sei- — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Pohnpeian: saik — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Polish: łowić ryby — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Polish: wędkować — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Portuguese: pescar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Quechua: challway — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Kalo Finnish Romani: matšalaa — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Romanian: pescui — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Romansh: pestgar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Romansh: pescar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Romansh: pastgear — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Russian: рыба́чить (rybáčitʹ) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Russian: лови́ть ры́бу (lovítʹ rýbu) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Sardinian: piscae — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Sardinian: piscai — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Sardinian: piscare — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Serbo-Croatian: pecati — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Serbo-Croatian: upecati — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Shor: палықтарға (palıqtarğa) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Slovene: ribariti — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Slovene: loviti ribe — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Spanish: pescar — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Sranan Tongo: fisi — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Swedish: fiska — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Thai: ตกปลา (dtòk-bplaa) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Thai: ประมง (bprà-mong) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Tok Pisin: huk — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Turkish: balık tutmak — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Ukrainian: риба́лити (rybályty) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Ukrainian: лови́ти ри́бу (lovýty rýbu) — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Vietnamese: câu cá — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Walloon: pexhî — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Welsh: pysgota — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Yoruba: pẹja — to catch fish or aquatic animals
- Finnish: kalastaa — transitive: to try to find something in a body of water
- Finnish: onkia — transitive: to try to find something in a body of water
- Finnish: naarata — transitive: to try to find something in a body of water
- Greek: ψαρεύω (psarévo) — transitive: to try to find something in a body of water
- Russian: лови́ть (lovítʹ) — transitive: to try to find something in a body of water
- Russian: вы́ловить (výlovitʹ) — transitive: to try to find something in a body of water
- Walloon: rapexhî — transitive: to try to find something in a body of water
- Finnish: penkoa — to attempt to find by searching among other objects
- Portuguese: pescar — to attempt to find by searching among other objects
- Portuguese: catar — to attempt to find by searching among other objects
- Russian: выу́живать (vyúživatʹ) — to attempt to find by searching among other objects
- Russian: выу́дить (vyúditʹ) — to attempt to find by searching among other objects
- Finnish: urkkia — to attempt to obtain information by talking to people
- Finnish: onkia — to attempt to obtain information by talking to people
- Greek: ψαρεύω (psarévo) — to attempt to obtain information by talking to people
- Icelandic: veiða upp úr — to attempt to obtain information by talking to people
- Icelandic: fiska — to attempt to obtain information by talking to people
- Russian: выу́живать (vyúživatʹ) — to attempt to obtain information by talking to people
- Russian: выу́дить (vyúditʹ) — to attempt to obtain information by talking to people
- Finnish: kalastella — to attempt to gain something
- Finnish: kerjätä — to attempt to gain something
- Finnish: vongata — to attempt to gain something
- Russian: выла́вливать (vylávlivatʹ) — to attempt to gain something
- Russian: вы́ловить (výlovitʹ) — to attempt to gain something