piscine
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English
Etymology 1
From Late Latin piscinus or from Latin piscis (“fish”) + -ine.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪsaɪn/, /ˈpɪskaɪn/, /ˈpaɪsaɪn/
- (General American) enPR: pīʹsēn, IPA(key): /ˈpaɪsin/, /ˈpɪsin/, /ˈpɪsaɪn/, /ˈpɪsɪn/
- Rhymes: -aɪn
Adjective
piscine (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
- 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;
- 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 40,
Translations
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
piscine (plural piscines)
- (archaic) A public bath or swimming pool in France.
References
- Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary: Eighteenth Edition (2011)
- ^ “piscine, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
Pronunciation
Noun
piscine f (plural piscines)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “piscine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Noun
piscine f