noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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/ˈfɪʃəɹi/
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CMU ARPABET:F IH1 SH ER0 IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A place related to fishing
A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground (for example, a territorial one).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the collapse of the fisheries
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A place related to fishing
A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A place related to fishing
A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A fishing company.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: piscary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: workplace, work
Narrower terms: pearl fishery
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English fishery From fish + -ery.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Aromanian:
piscãrilji
— fishing
Azerbaijani:
balıqçılıq
— fishing
Bulgarian:
риболов
(ribolov)
— fishing
Chinese Mandarin:
漁業 /渔业
(yúyè)
— fishing
Chinese Mandarin:
水產業 /水产业
(shuǐchǎnyè)
— fishing
Danish:
fiskeri
— fishing
Finnish:
kalastus
— fishing
Finnish:
kalatalous
— fishing
French:
pêcherie
— fishing
Galician:
pesca
— fishing
German:
Fischerei
— fishing
Greek:
ψάρεμα
(psárema)
— fishing
Greek:
αλίευση
(alíefsi)
— fishing
Greek:
αλιεία
(alieía)
— fishing
Hindi:
मत्स्य पालन
(matsya pālan)
— fishing
Hungarian:
halászat
— fishing
Hungarian:
horgászat
— fishing
Japanese:
漁業
(gyogyō)
— fishing
Japanese:
水産業
(suisangyō)
— fishing
Kazakh:
балық аулау кәсібі
(balyq aulau käsıbı)
— fishing
Kazakh:
балықшылық
(balyqşylyq)
— fishing
Korean:
어업
(eo'eop)
— fishing
Korean:
수산업
(susaneop)
— fishing
Norwegian Bokmål:
fiskeri
— fishing
Norwegian Nynorsk:
fiskeri
— fishing
Polish:
rybołówstwo
— fishing
Portuguese:
pesca
— fishing
Romanian:
pescărie
— fishing
Russian:
рыболо́вство
(rybolóvstvo)
— fishing
Tagalog:
pangisdaan
— fishing
Turkish:
balıkçılık
— fishing
Ukrainian:
риба́льство
(rybálʹstvo)
— fishing
Vietnamese:
công nghiệp cá
— fishing
Vietnamese:
nghề cá
— fishing
Vietnamese:
ngư nghiệp
— fishing
Arabic:
مَصْيَدَة
(maṣyada)
— place related to fishing
Bulgarian:
риболовен район
(riboloven rajon)
— place related to fishing
Catalan:
peixatera
— place related to fishing
Finnish:
kalapaikka
— place related to fishing
Finnish:
kalastusalue
— place related to fishing
Finnish:
kalavedet
— place related to fishing
Finnish:
apaja
— place related to fishing
Finnish:
kalankasvattamo
— place related to fishing
Finnish:
kalanviljelylaitos
— place related to fishing
Finnish:
kalankäsittelylaitos
— place related to fishing
Finnish:
kalatehdas
— place related to fishing
French:
pêcherie
— place related to fishing
Galician:
pesqueira
— place related to fishing
Greek:
αλιευτική ζώνη
(alieftikí zóni)
— place related to fishing
Greek:
ψαρότοπος
(psarótopos)
— place related to fishing
Hungarian:
halászterület
— place related to fishing
Hungarian:
tanya
— place related to fishing
Irish:
iascaireacht
— place related to fishing
Norwegian Bokmål:
fiskeri
— place related to fishing
Norwegian Nynorsk:
fiskeri
— place related to fishing
Polish:
łowisko
— place related to fishing
Portuguese:
pesqueiro
— place related to fishing
Vietnamese:
ngư trường
— place related to fishing
Welsh:
pysgodfa
— place related to fishing
Welsh:
pysgodle
— place related to fishing
Danish:
fiskeri
— fishing company
Finnish:
kalastusyritys
— fishing company
Norwegian Bokmål:
fiskeri
— fishing company
Norwegian Nynorsk:
fiskeri
— fishing company
Polish:
przedsiębiorstwo rybołówcze
— fishing company
