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)
- A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
- A basin or tank, especially one for holding fishes or for growing aquatic plants.
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)
Anagrams
- Pacinis, sinapic
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin piscīna (“fishpond”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /piˈsi.nə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /piˈsi.na/
Audio (file)
Noun
piscina f (plural piscines)
- fishpond
- swimming pool
- (Christianity) piscina
- Synonym: sacràrium
Related terms
- peix
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.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
- “piscina” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-.
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)
Anagrams
- spinaci
Latin
Etymology
piscis + -īna (literally “characterised by fish, fishy”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pisˈkiː.na/, [pɪs̠ˈkiːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piʃˈʃi.na/, [piʃˈʃiːnä]
Noun
piscīna f (genitive piscīnae); first declension
- pond, pool
- fish pond
- 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
Descendants
- → Catalan: piscina
- → English: piscina
- → French: piscine
- → English: piscine
- → Italian: piscina
- → Greek: πισίνα (pisína)
- → Portuguese: piscina
- → Hunsrik: Pisin
- → Romanian: piscină
- Spanish: pecina, → piscina
- Venetian: pissina
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 *pisḱ-.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈsĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈsi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /piʃˈsi.nɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /piˈʃi.nɐ/, (careful pronunciation) /pɨʃˈsi.nɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /pɨˈʃi.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: pis‧ci‧na
Noun
piscina f (plural piscinas)
- swimming pool
- (Christianity) baptismal font
- Synonym: fonte batismal
Related terms
- peixe
- piscinal
- piscinão
- piscineiro
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Pisin
Romanian
Noun
piscina
- definite singular of piscină
Spanish
piscina
Etymology
From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-.
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)
- swimming pool
- Synonym: (Mexico) alberca
Derived terms
- piscinazo
- tirarse a la piscina
Further reading
- “piscina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014