Phrase guide

swimming pool

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

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  • /ˈswɪmɪŋ ˌpuːl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was chilling out with his girlfriend in the swimming pool.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: swimming bath

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

pool that provides a facility for swimming

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • `swimming bath' is a British term

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: swimming bath, natatorium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: athletic facility, pool

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: swembad — pool for swimming
  • Albanian: pishinë — pool for swimming
  • Arabic: مَسْبَح (masbaḥ) — pool for swimming
  • Arabic: حَمَّام سِبَاحَة (ḥammām sibāḥa) — pool for swimming
  • Arabic: بِرْكَة سِبَاحَة (birkat sibāḥa) — pool for swimming
  • Arabic: حوض (ḥōḏ̣) — pool for swimming
  • Arabic: مسبح (masbaḥ) — pool for swimming
  • Arabic: حمام سباحة (ḥammām sibāḥa) — pool for swimming
  • Arabic: مسبح (masbaḥ) — pool for swimming
  • Arabic: بيسين (pīsīn) — pool for swimming
  • Arabic: بركة (bírka) — pool for swimming
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܣܚܝܵܐ (masḥyā) — pool for swimming
  • Armenian: լողավազան (loġavazan) — pool for swimming
  • Azerbaijani: hovuz — pool for swimming
  • Azerbaijani: basseyn — pool for swimming
  • Basque: igerileku — pool for swimming
  • Belarusian: басе́йн (basjéjn) — pool for swimming
  • Belarusian: пла́вальны басе́йн (plávalʹny basjéjn) — pool for swimming
  • Bengali: সুইমিং পুল (śuimiṅ pul) — pool for swimming
  • Bulgarian: басе́йн (baséjn) — pool for swimming
  • Burmese: ရေကူးကန် (reku:kan) — pool for swimming
  • Catalan: piscina — pool for swimming
  • Cebuano: langoyanan — pool for swimming
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏬᏍᏗᎢ (adawosdii) — pool for swimming
  • Chinese Cantonese: 游水池 (jau4 seoi2 ci4) — pool for swimming
  • Hakka Chinese: 游泳池 (yù-yún-chhṳ̀) — pool for swimming
  • Chinese: 游泳池 (iû-éng-tî) — pool for swimming
  • Chinese Mandarin: 游泳池 (yóuyǒngchí) — pool for swimming
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泳池 (yǒngchí) — pool for swimming
  • Chinese Mandarin: 游水池 (yóushuǐchí) — pool for swimming
  • Wu Chinese: 游泳池 (6yeu-yon-zy) — pool for swimming
  • Crimean Tatar: basseyn — pool for swimming
  • Czech: bazén — pool for swimming
  • Danish: svømmebassin — pool for swimming
  • Dutch: zwembassin — pool for swimming
  • Dutch: zwemdok — pool for swimming
  • Dutch: zwembad — pool for swimming
  • Esperanto: naĝejo — pool for swimming
  • Estonian: ujula — pool for swimming
  • Estonian: bassein — pool for swimming
  • Faroese: svimjihylur — pool for swimming
  • Finnish: uima-allas — pool for swimming
  • Finnish: allas — pool for swimming
  • French: piscine — pool for swimming
  • Galician: piscina — pool for swimming
  • Georgian: აუზი (auzi) — pool for swimming
  • German: Schwimmbecken — pool for swimming
  • German: Pool — pool for swimming
  • German: Freibad — pool for swimming
  • Greek: πισίνα (pisína) — pool for swimming
  • Ancient Greek: κολυμβήθρα (kolumbḗthra) — pool for swimming
  • Gujarati: તરણકુંડ (taraṇkuṇḍ) — pool for swimming
  • Haitian Creole: pisin — pool for swimming
  • Hebrew: בְּרֵכַת שְׂחִיָּה — pool for swimming
  • Hebrew: בריכת שחייה (brekhát skhiyá) — pool for swimming
  • Hebrew: בְּרֵכָה — pool for swimming
  • Hebrew: בריכה (brekhá) — pool for swimming
  • Hindi: तरणताल (taraṇtāl) — pool for swimming
  • Hindi: स्वीमिंग पूल (svīmiṅg pūl) — pool for swimming
  • Hungarian: úszómedence — pool for swimming
  • Icelandic: sundlaug — pool for swimming
  • Icelandic: laug — pool for swimming
  • Icelandic: útilaug — pool for swimming
  • Ido: balnobaseno — pool for swimming
  • Indonesian: kolam renang — pool for swimming
  • Irish: linn snámha — pool for swimming
  • Italian: piscina — pool for swimming
  • Japanese: プール (pūru) — pool for swimming
  • Japanese: スイミングプール (suimingu pūru) — pool for swimming
  • Kalmyk: цөөрм (tsöörm) — pool for swimming
  • Kazakh: малтыма (maltyma) — pool for swimming
  • Kazakh: хауыз (xauyz) — pool for swimming
  • Kazakh: бассейн (bassein) — pool for swimming
  • Khmer: អាងហែលទឹក (ʼaang hael tɨk) — pool for swimming
  • Korean: 풀 (pul) — pool for swimming
  • Korean: 수영장 (suyeongjang) — pool for swimming
  • Northern Kurdish: hewz — pool for swimming
  • Kyrgyz: бассейн (basseyn) — pool for swimming
  • Ladino: pisina — pool for swimming
  • Ladino: havuz — pool for swimming
  • Lao: ສະອາບນ້ໍາ (sa ʼāp nam) — pool for swimming
  • Latin: piscīna — pool for swimming
  • Latvian: baseins — pool for swimming
  • Latvian: peldbaseins — pool for swimming
  • Lithuanian: baseinas — pool for swimming
  • Lithuanian: plaukimo baseinas — pool for swimming
  • Macedonian: базе́н (bazén) — pool for swimming
  • Macedonian: капалиште (kapalište) — pool for swimming
  • Macedonian: пливалиште (plivalište) — pool for swimming
  • Malay: kolam renang — pool for swimming
  • Brunei Malay: kulam ranang — pool for swimming
  • Maltese: pixxina — pool for swimming
  • Manx: poyll faarkee — pool for swimming
  • Māori: terenga — pool for swimming
  • Mongolian: усан сан (usan san) — pool for swimming
  • Mongolian: бассейн (bassejn) — pool for swimming
  • Mongolian: умбалтын татаал (umbaltyn tataal) — pool for swimming
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠰᠠᠩ — pool for swimming
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠰᠰᠧᠢᠨ (bassēin) — pool for swimming
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠮᠪᠠᠯᠲᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠭᠠᠯ (umbalta-yin tataɣal) — pool for swimming
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svømmebasseng — pool for swimming
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svømmehall — pool for swimming
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: symjebasseng — pool for swimming
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svømmebasseng — pool for swimming
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svømmehall — pool for swimming
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: symjehall — pool for swimming
  • Paiwan: ljaljanguyan — pool for swimming
  • Papiamentu: zuèmpul — pool for swimming
  • Pashto: ونګره (wangra) — pool for swimming
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْتَخْر (estaxr) — pool for swimming
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْتَخْرِ آب (estaxr-e âb) — pool for swimming
  • Polish: basen — pool for swimming
  • Portuguese: piscina — pool for swimming
  • Romanian: piscină — pool for swimming
  • Romanian: bazin de înot — pool for swimming
  • Russian: бассе́йн (basséjn) — pool for swimming
  • Russian: пла́вательный бассе́йн (plávatelʹnyj basséjn) — pool for swimming
  • Samoan: vai taele — pool for swimming
  • Sanskrit: तरणताल (taraṇatāla) — pool for swimming
  • Scottish Gaelic: amar-snàimh — pool for swimming
  • Serbo-Croatian: плѝвалӣште — pool for swimming
  • Serbo-Croatian: пливаоница — pool for swimming
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба̀зе̄н — pool for swimming
  • Serbo-Croatian: plìvalīšte — pool for swimming
  • Serbo-Croatian: plivaonica — pool for swimming
  • Serbo-Croatian: bàzēn — pool for swimming
  • Slovak: bazén — pool for swimming
  • Slovene: bazen — pool for swimming
  • Lower Sorbian: plěwański basen — pool for swimming
  • Sotho: letamo la ho tola le sesa — pool for swimming
  • Spanish: piscina — pool for swimming
  • Spanish: piscina) — pool for swimming
  • Spanish: pileta de natación — pool for swimming
  • Swahili: bwawa la kuogelea — pool for swimming
  • Swedish: simbassäng — pool for swimming
  • Tagalog: palanguyan — pool for swimming
  • Tagalog: pisina — pool for swimming
  • Tajik: ҳавз (havz) — pool for swimming
  • Tajik: бассейн (basseyn) — pool for swimming
  • Tajik: истахр (istaxr) — pool for swimming
  • Tatar: бассейн (basseyn) — pool for swimming
  • Thai: สระว่ายน้ํา (sà-wâai-náam) — pool for swimming
  • Turkish: yüzme havuzu — pool for swimming
  • Turkish: havuz — pool for swimming
  • Ottoman Turkish: حوض (havz, havuz) — pool for swimming
  • Ottoman Turkish: بركه (birke) — pool for swimming
  • Turkmen: basseýn — pool for swimming
  • Turkmen: howuz — pool for swimming
  • Ukrainian: басе́йн (baséjn) — pool for swimming
  • Ukrainian: пла́вальний басе́йн (plávalʹnyj baséjn) — pool for swimming
  • Urdu: سُوئِمِن٘گ پُول (sūimiṅg pūl) — pool for swimming
  • Urdu: نَہانے کا تالاب (nahāne kā tālāb) — pool for swimming
  • Uyghur: سۇ ئۈزۈش كۆلچىكى (su üzüsh kölchiki) — pool for swimming
  • Uzbek: koʻlmak — pool for swimming
  • Uzbek: koʻlob — pool for swimming
  • Uzbek: bassein — pool for swimming
  • Uzbek: hovuz — pool for swimming
  • Vietnamese: hồ bơi — pool for swimming
  • Vietnamese: bể bơi — pool for swimming
  • Welsh: pwll nofio — pool for swimming
  • Yiddish: באַסיין (baseyn) — pool for swimming
  • Yiddish: שווימבאַסיין (shvimbaseyn) — pool for swimming
  • Zulu: ichibi lokubhukudela — pool for swimming
  • Afrikaans: swembad — indoor facility for swimming
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܣܸܚܘܵܐ (bēt siḥwā) — indoor facility for swimming
  • Danish: svømmehal — indoor facility for swimming
  • Dutch: zwembad — indoor facility for swimming
  • Esperanto: naĝejo — indoor facility for swimming
  • Finnish: uimahalli — indoor facility for swimming
  • French: piscine — indoor facility for swimming
  • German: Schwimmbad — indoor facility for swimming
  • German: Hallenbad — indoor facility for swimming
  • Hungarian: uszoda — indoor facility for swimming
  • Icelandic: sundhöll — indoor facility for swimming
  • Icelandic: innilaug — indoor facility for swimming
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svømmehall — indoor facility for swimming
  • Polish: pływalnia — indoor facility for swimming
  • Swedish: simhall — indoor facility for swimming