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fishing

noun · verb · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪʃɪŋ
  • homophone: phishing
  • CMU ARPABET: F IH1 SH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of catching fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • This is good news for the fishing industry.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A fishery, a place for catching fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of fish

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sportfishing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: outdoor sport, field sport

Narrower terms: angling, casting, cast

7

noun

Meaning 7

the occupation of catching fish for a living

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business

History

Etymology

From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.

From fish + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: peshkim — act or sport of catching fish
  • Arabic: صَيْد سَمَك (ṣayd samak) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Arabic: صَيْد (ṣayd) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Armenian: ձկնորսություն (jknorsutʻyun) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Assamese: মাছ ধৰা (mas dhora) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Assamese: মাছ মাৰা (mas mara) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Azerbaijani: balıqçılıq — act or sport of catching fish
  • Basque: arrantza — act or sport of catching fish
  • Belarusian: рыба́лка (rybálka) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Bengali: মৎস্য শিকার (motsśo śikar) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Bulgarian: риболо́в (ribolóv) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Burmese: ငါးဖမ်း (nga:hpam:) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Catalan: pesca — act or sport of catching fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釣魚 /钓鱼 (diàoyú) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Chukchi: ынныӈыттын (ynnyṇyttyn) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Czech: rybolov — act or sport of catching fish
  • Danish: fiskeri — act or sport of catching fish
  • Danish: lystfiskeri — act or sport of catching fish
  • Dutch: vissen — act or sport of catching fish
  • Dutch: sportvisserij — act or sport of catching fish
  • Dutch: hengelsport — act or sport of catching fish
  • Esperanto: fiŝkapti — act or sport of catching fish
  • Estonian: kalapüük — act or sport of catching fish
  • Estonian: kalastamine — act or sport of catching fish
  • Finnish: kalastus — act or sport of catching fish
  • Finnish: kalastusurheilu — act or sport of catching fish
  • Finnish: urheilukalastus — act or sport of catching fish
  • French: pêche — act or sport of catching fish
  • Friulian: pescje — act or sport of catching fish
  • Galician: pesca — act or sport of catching fish
  • Georgian: თევზაობა (tevzaoba) — act or sport of catching fish
  • German: Fischen — act or sport of catching fish
  • Greek: αλιεία (alieía) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Ancient Greek: ἁλιευτική (halieutikḗ) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Ancient Greek: ἁλιεία (halieía) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Hebrew: דַיִג (dáyig) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Hindi: मत्स्य पालन (matsya pālan) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Hindi: माहीगीरी (māhīgīrī) — act or sport of catching fish
  • White Hmong: hnuv ntses — act or sport of catching fish
  • Hungarian: halászat — act or sport of catching fish
  • Icelandic: veiði — act or sport of catching fish
  • Icelandic: fiskirí — act or sport of catching fish
  • Icelandic: fiskveiði — act or sport of catching fish
  • Indonesian: memancing — act or sport of catching fish
  • Ingrian: kalanpyytö — act or sport of catching fish
  • Irish: iascaireacht — act or sport of catching fish
  • Italian: pesca — act or sport of catching fish
  • Japanese: 釣り (tsuri) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Kapampangan: mamaduas — act or sport of catching fish
  • Kazakh: балық аулау (balyq aulau) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Khmer: ការស្ទូចត្រី (kaa stuuc trəy) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Khmer: ការនេសាទ (kaa neesaat) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Korean: 낚시 (naksi) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Northern Kurdish: masîgirî — act or sport of catching fish
  • Kyrgyz: балык уулоо (balık uuloo) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Lao: ການຫາປາ (kān hā pā) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Latvian: zveja — act or sport of catching fish
  • Lithuanian: žūklė — act or sport of catching fish
  • Lithuanian: žvejyba — act or sport of catching fish
  • Macedonian: риба́рство (ribárstvo) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Macedonian: ри́болов (ríbolov) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Malayalam: മീൻപിടിത്തം (mīṉpiṭittaṁ) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Maltese: sajd — act or sport of catching fish
  • Classical Nahuatl: michmaliztli — act or sport of catching fish
  • Classical Nahuatl: michahxiliztli — act or sport of catching fish
  • Classical Nahuatl: tlahtlamaliztli — act or sport of catching fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiske — act or sport of catching fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fisking — act or sport of catching fish
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fiske — act or sport of catching fish
  • Old English: fiscoþ — act or sport of catching fish
  • Iranian Persian: ماهیگیری (mâhigiri) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Polish: wędkarstwo — act or sport of catching fish
  • Portuguese: pescaria — act or sport of catching fish
  • Portuguese: pesca — act or sport of catching fish
  • Romanian: pescuire — act or sport of catching fish
  • Russian: рыба́лка (rybálka) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Russian: ры́бная ло́вля (rýbnaja lóvlja) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: ри̏боло̄в — act or sport of catching fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: риба́рство — act or sport of catching fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȉbolōv — act or sport of catching fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: ribárstvo — act or sport of catching fish
  • Slovak: rybolov — act or sport of catching fish
  • Slovene: ribolov — act or sport of catching fish
  • Spanish: pesca — act or sport of catching fish
  • Spanish: pesquería — act or sport of catching fish
  • Swedish: fiske — act or sport of catching fish
  • Swedish: fiskande — act or sport of catching fish
  • Tajik: моҳигирӣ (mohigiri) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Tatar: балык тоту (balıq totu) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Thai: ประมง (bprà-mong) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Turkish: balıkçılık — act or sport of catching fish
  • Turkish: balık tutma — act or sport of catching fish
  • Ukrainian: риба́лка (rybálka) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Ukrainian: риболо́вля (rybolóvlja) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Ukrainian: риба́льство (rybálʹstvo) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Urdu: ماہی گِیری (māhī gīrī) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Uyghur: بېلىق تۇتۇش (bëliq tutush) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Uzbek: baliq ovlash — act or sport of catching fish
  • Vietnamese: câu cá — act or sport of catching fish
  • Woiwurrung: goolak-keni — act or sport of catching fish
  • Yonaguni: 魚っぱし (iyuppashi) — act or sport of catching fish
  • Afrikaans: visvang — business of catching fish
  • Armenian: ձկնորսություն (jknorsutʻyun) — business of catching fish
  • Azerbaijani: balıqçılıq — business of catching fish
  • Catalan: pesca — business of catching fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漁業 /渔业 (yúyè) — business of catching fish
  • Czech: rybolov — business of catching fish
  • Danish: fiskeri — business of catching fish
  • Dutch: visserij — business of catching fish
  • Esperanto: fiŝkaptado — business of catching fish
  • Finnish: kalastus — business of catching fish
  • Finnish: kalatalous — business of catching fish
  • French: pêche — business of catching fish
  • Friulian: pescje — business of catching fish
  • Galician: pesca — business of catching fish
  • German: Fischfang — business of catching fish
  • Hungarian: halászat — business of catching fish
  • Indonesian: penangkapan ikan — business of catching fish
  • Japanese: 漁 (ryō) — business of catching fish
  • Japanese: 漁業 (gyogyō) — business of catching fish
  • Korean: 어업 (eo'eop) — business of catching fish
  • Latvian: zvejniecība — business of catching fish
  • Macedonian: риба́рство (ribárstvo) — business of catching fish
  • Macedonian: ри́болов (ríbolov) — business of catching fish
  • Malayalam: മത്സ്യബന്ധനം (matsyabandhanaṁ) — business of catching fish
  • Malayalam: മീൻപിടിത്തം (mīṉpiṭittaṁ) — business of catching fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiske — business of catching fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiskeri — business of catching fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fisking — business of catching fish
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fiske — business of catching fish
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fiskeri — business of catching fish
  • Iranian Persian: ماهیگیری (mâhigiri) — business of catching fish
  • Polish: rybołówstwo — business of catching fish
  • Polish: rybactwo — business of catching fish
  • Portuguese: pesca — business of catching fish
  • Romanian: pescuire — business of catching fish
  • Romanian: pescărie — business of catching fish
  • Russian: рыболо́вство (rybolóvstvo) — business of catching fish
  • Russian: ры́бная ло́вля (rýbnaja lóvlja) — business of catching fish
  • Slovak: rybolov — business of catching fish
  • Spanish: pesca — business of catching fish
  • Spanish: pesquería — business of catching fish
  • Swedish: fiske — business of catching fish
  • Swedish: fiskande — business of catching fish
  • Thai: การจับปลา — business of catching fish
  • Turkish: balıkçılık — business of catching fish
  • Ukrainian: риба́льство (rybálʹstvo) — business of catching fish
  • Urdu: ماہی گِیری (māhī gīrī) — business of catching fish
  • Vietnamese: ngư nghiệp — business of catching fish
  • Dutch: stek — place for catching fish
  • Finnish: kalapaikka — place for catching fish
  • Finnish: apaja — place for catching fish
  • Finnish: kalavedet — place for catching fish
  • Finnish: kalastusalue — place for catching fish
  • Indonesian: pemancingan — place for catching fish
  • Japanese: 釣り場 (tsuriba) — place for catching fish
  • Japanese: 漁場 (ryōba) — place for catching fish
  • Latvian: zvejas vieta — place for catching fish
  • Latvian: zvejasvieta — place for catching fish
  • Spanish: pesquería — place for catching fish
  • Spanish: pesquera — place for catching fish
  • Swedish: fiskevatten — place for catching fish
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