Phrase guide

fishing net

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A net used for fishing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fishnet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: net, equipment

2

noun

Meaning 2

a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fishnet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: net

Narrower terms: drift net, gill net, landing net, seine, trammel net, trammel, trawl, dragnet, trawl net

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: visnet — net used for fishing
  • Aghwan: 𐔴𐔸 (et) — net used for fishing
  • Ahtna: tehbiił — net used for fishing
  • Albanian: cekojëse — net used for fishing
  • Albanian: rrjetë — net used for fishing
  • Arabic: شَبَكَة صَيْد (šabakat ṣayd) — net used for fishing
  • Armenian: ուռկան (uṙkan) — net used for fishing
  • Basque: sare — net used for fishing
  • Belarusian: рыбало́ўная се́тка (rybalównaja sjétka) — net used for fishing
  • Bulgarian: риба́рска мре́жа (ribárska mréža) — net used for fishing
  • Catalan: xarxa — net used for fishing
  • Chinese: 罟 — net used for fishing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 罽 (jì) — net used for fishing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漁網 /渔网 (yúwǎng) — net used for fishing
  • Czech: rybářská síť — net used for fishing
  • Danish: fiskenet — net used for fishing
  • Dutch: visnet — net used for fishing
  • Esperanto: fiŝreto — net used for fishing
  • Estonian: kalavõrk — net used for fishing
  • Finnish: kalaverkko — net used for fishing
  • French: filet de pêche — net used for fishing
  • German: Fischnetz — net used for fishing
  • German: Fischernetz — net used for fishing
  • Hausa: koma — net used for fishing
  • Hungarian: halászháló — net used for fishing
  • Icelandic: fiskinet — net used for fishing
  • Italian: rezza — net used for fishing
  • Italian: senna — net used for fishing
  • Italian: tramaglio — net used for fishing
  • Italian: lampara — net used for fishing
  • Japanese: 漁網 (gyomō) — net used for fishing
  • Khmer: សំណាញ់ (sɑmnañ) — net used for fishing
  • Khmer: វាគុរា (viəkuriə) — net used for fishing
  • Khmer: ថ្នង (thnɑɑng) — net used for fishing
  • Khmer: ញ៉ែង (ñaeng) — net used for fishing
  • Khmer: នាម (niəm) — net used for fishing
  • Khmer: អួន (ʼuən) — net used for fishing
  • Korean: 어망 (eomang) — net used for fishing
  • Lao: ແຫ (hǣ) — net used for fishing
  • Latvian: tīkls — net used for fishing
  • Lithuanian: tinklas — net used for fishing
  • Massachusett: anshap — net used for fishing
  • Mon: ဇာရပ်က — net used for fishing
  • Mongolian: загасны тор (zagasny tor) — net used for fishing
  • Mongolian: өөш (ööš) — net used for fishing
  • Muna: dhala — net used for fishing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiskegarn — net used for fishing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fiskegarn — net used for fishing
  • Southern Ohlone: yaTTan — net used for fishing
  • Old English: fisċnet — net used for fishing
  • Persian: تورِ ماهیگیری (tur-e mâhi-giri) — net used for fishing
  • Polish: siatka rybacka — net used for fishing
  • Portuguese: rede de pesca — net used for fishing
  • Romanian: plasă pescărească — net used for fishing
  • Russian: рыболо́вная сеть (rybolóvnaja setʹ) — net used for fishing
  • Saaroa: 'akai — net used for fishing
  • Serbo-Croatian: рибарска мрежа — net used for fishing
  • Serbo-Croatian: ribarska mreža — net used for fishing
  • Sikkimese: ཉ་རྙེ (nya rnye) — net used for fishing
  • Slovak: rybárska sieť — net used for fishing
  • Slovene: ribiška mreža — net used for fishing
  • Spanish: atarraya — net used for fishing
  • Spanish: red de pesca — net used for fishing
  • Spanish: cedazo — net used for fishing
  • Spanish: tarraya — net used for fishing
  • Spanish: esparavel — net used for fishing
  • Spanish: esparvel — net used for fishing
  • Swedish: fisknät — net used for fishing
  • Swedish: garn — net used for fishing
  • Tai Dam: ꪵꪬ — net used for fishing
  • Thai: แหอวน — net used for fishing
  • Thai: อวน (uuan) — net used for fishing
  • Thao: dawaz — net used for fishing
  • Turkish: balık ağı — net used for fishing
  • Ottoman Turkish: بالق آغی (balık aği) — net used for fishing
  • Ukrainian: риба́льська сіть (rybálʹsʹka sitʹ) — net used for fishing
  • Vietnamese: lưới — net used for fishing
  • Vietnamese: lưới đánh cá — net used for fishing
  • Volapük: fitafilät — net used for fishing