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

piscina (plural piscinas or piscinae)

  1. A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
  2. A basin or tank, especially one for holding fishes or for growing aquatic plants.

Synonyms

See also

References

  • Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
  • Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary: Eighteenth Edition (2011)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin piscīna (fishpond).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [piˈsi.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [piˈsi.na]
  • (file)

Noun

piscina f (plural piscines)

  1. fishpond
  2. swimming pool
  3. (Christianity) piscina
    Synonym: sacràrium

Further reading

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pisˈθinɐ/

Noun

piscina f (plural piscinas)

  1. swimming pool
    Non é capaz de atravesar a piscina nadando.
    He is not able to swim across the pool.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin piscīna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piʃˈʃi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: pi‧scì‧na

Noun

piscina f (plural piscine)

  1. swimming pool
  2. 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

Etymology

piscis + -īna (literally characterised by fish, fishy)

Pronunciation

Noun

piscīna f (genitive piscīnae); first declension

  1. pond, pool
  2. fish pond
  3. swimming pool

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)

  1. swimming pool
  2. (Christianity) baptismal font
    Synonym: fonte batismal

Descendants

Romanian

Noun

piscina

  1. definite singular of piscină

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

Noun

piscina f (plural piscinas)

  1. swimming pool
    Synonym: (Mexico) alberca

Derived terms

Further reading

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