piscina
See also: písčina
English
Etymology
From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”). Compare Middle English piscyne (“pool, pond”), from the same Latin word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪˈsiːnə/
- Rhymes: -iːnə
Noun
Synonyms
- See washbasin.
See also
- (ritual of using a piscina): lavatory
References
- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
- Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary: Eighteenth Edition (2011)
Catalan
Related terms
Further reading
- “piscina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pisˈθinɐ/
Noun
piscina f (plural piscinas)
- swimming pool
- Non é capaz de atravesar a piscina nadando.
- He is not able to swim across the pool.
Further reading
- “piscina”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piʃˈʃi.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: pi‧scì‧na
Noun
piscina f (plural piscine)
- swimming pool
- plunge pool (plunge basin or waterfall lake or deep depression at the base of a waterfall)
Descendants
- → Greek: πισίνα (pisína)
References
- piscina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pisˈkiː.na/, [pɪs̠ˈkiːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piʃˈʃi.na/, [piʃˈʃiːnä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | piscīna | piscīnae |
Genitive | piscīnae | piscīnārum |
Dative | piscīnae | piscīnīs |
Accusative | piscīnam | piscīnās |
Ablative | piscīnā | piscīnīs |
Vocative | piscīna | piscīnae |
Derived terms
- Piscīna pūblica
Descendants
References
- “piscina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “piscina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- piscina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “piscina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “piscina”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese

piscina
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈsĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈsi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /piʃˈsi.nɐ/, /piˈsi.nɐ/, (careful pronunciation) /pɨʃˈsi.nɐ/, /pɨˈsi.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: pis‧ci‧na
Noun
piscina f (plural piscinas)
- swimming pool
- (Christianity) baptismal font
- Synonym: fonte batismal
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Pisin
Romanian
Spanish

piscina
Etymology
From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Doublet of pecina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pisˈθina/ [pisˈθi.na]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /piˈsina/ [piˈsi.na]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: pis‧ci‧na
Derived terms
Further reading
- “piscina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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