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piscine

adj · noun · 3 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsaɪn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɪskaɪn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪsaɪn/
  • General-American: pīʹsēn
  • General-American: /ˈpaɪsin/
  • General-American: /ˈpɪsin/
  • General-American: /ˈpɪsaɪn/
  • General-American: /ˈpɪsɪn/
  • rhymes with -aɪn
  • /piːˈsiːn/
  • /pɪˈsiːn/
  • rhymes with -iːn

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 40, At age four he caught his first fish and was evermore fascinated by things piscine; [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fishlike, fishly, fishy, ichthyic, fishen, fishish, piscine

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A public bath or swimming pool in France.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to fish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Late Latin piscinus or from Latin piscis (“fish”) + -ine.

Borrowed from French piscine.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَمَكِيّ (samakiyy) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Belarusian: ры́бін (rýbin) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Belarusian: ры́бны (rýbny) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Bulgarian: ри́бен (ríben) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Catalan: íctic — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Czech: rybí — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Finnish: kala- — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • French: ichthyique — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • French: poissonnesque — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • German: Fisch- — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Italian: ittico — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Latin: ichthyicus — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Polish: rybi — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Russian: ры́бий (rýbij) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Russian: ры́бный (rýbnyj) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Spanish: íctico — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Spanish: ictíneo — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Spanish: ictícola — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Spanish: pisciforme — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Spanish: ictiológico — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Ukrainian: ри́б'ячий (rýbʺjačyj) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Volapük: fitik — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
  • Welsh: pysgodol — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic