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pisciculture

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈpɪsɪˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

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noun

Meaning 1

The rearing or cultivation of fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fish farming, fishculture

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Italic *piskis Latin piscisder. English pisci- Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English pisciculture From pisci- + culture.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: рыбаво́дства (rybavódstva) — rearing of fish
  • Bulgarian: рибовъдство (ribovǎdstvo) — rearing of fish
  • Catalan: piscicultura — rearing of fish
  • Czech: rybníkářství — rearing of fish
  • Dutch: visteelt — rearing of fish
  • Dutch: viskweek — rearing of fish
  • Finnish: kalanviljely — rearing of fish
  • Finnish: kalankasvatus — rearing of fish
  • French: pisciculture — rearing of fish
  • German: Fischzucht — rearing of fish
  • Greek: ιχθυοκαλλιέργεια (ichthyokalliérgeia) — rearing of fish
  • Greek: ιχθυοτροφεία (ichthyotrofeía) — rearing of fish
  • Icelandic: fiskeldi — rearing of fish
  • Italian: piscicoltura — rearing of fish
  • Italian: itticoltura — rearing of fish
  • Malayalam: മത്സ്യകൃഷി (matsyakr̥ṣi) — rearing of fish
  • Polish: hodowla ryb — rearing of fish
  • Portuguese: piscicultura — rearing of fish
  • Russian: рыбово́дство (rybovódstvo) — rearing of fish
  • Spanish: piscicultura — rearing of fish
  • Tagalog: palaisdaan — rearing of fish
  • Ukrainian: ри́бництво (rýbnyctvo) — rearing of fish
  • Volapük: fitibrid — rearing of fish