Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piscine

/ˈpaɪsin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: piscine
IPA: /ˈpaɪsin/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.

noun

A public bath or swimming pool in France.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"In the ancient Middle East certain cults had piscine deities, or deities with fish attributes of various kinds."
"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; […]"

Etymology

From Late Latin piscinus or from Latin piscis (“fish”) + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: piscis
Root: *peysḱ-, piscinus
Suffix: -ine

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpaɪsin/
British English: /ˈpɪsaɪn/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

piscines (plural)

Derived Forms

intrapiscine semipiscine

Synonyms

fishlike fishly fishy ichthyic fishen fishish piscine

Rhymes With

line in line fine online design red line sign mine nine gold mine wine soft sign

Questions

How do you pronounce piscine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpaɪsin/.
What does piscine mean?: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
Where does piscine come from?: From Late Latin piscinus or from Latin piscis (“fish”) + -ine.

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