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piscina

See also: Piscina and písčina

English

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Etymology

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From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”). Compare Middle English piscyne (“pool, pond”), from the same Latin word.

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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.

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References

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin piscīna (“fishpond”).

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piscina f (plural piscines)

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

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Galician

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piscina f (plural piscinas)

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

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin piscīna.

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

Noun

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piscina f (plural piscine)

  1. swimming pool
  2. plunge pool (plunge basin or waterfall lake or deep depression at the base of a waterfall)
  3. (archaic) Synonym of peschiera (“fishpond”)
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Descendants

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  • → Greek: πισίνα (pisína)

References

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  • piscina in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • piscina in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • piscina in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • piscina in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • piscìna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • piscina in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • piscina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Etymology

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    From piscis +‎ -īna (literally “characterised by fish, fishy”).

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    Noun

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    piscīna f (genitive piscīnae); first declension

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

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    First-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative piscīna piscīnae
    Genitive piscīnae piscīnārum
    Dative piscīnae piscīnīs
    Accusative piscīnam piscīnās
    Ablative piscīnā piscīnīs
    Vocative piscīna piscīnae

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    Descendants

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    Descendants of piscina

    References

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    • “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

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    piscina

    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

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      • (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /piʃˈsi.nɐ/, /piˈʃi.nɐ/, (careful pronunciation) /pɨʃˈsi.nɐ/, /pɨˈʃi.nɐ/

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      piscina f (plural piscinas)

      1. swimming pool
      2. (Christianity) baptismal font
        Synonym: fonte batismal
      3. (archaic) fishpond
        Synonym: viveiro

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      Romanian

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      piscina

      1. definite singular of piscină

      Spanish

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      piscina

      Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Doublet of pecina.

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      • IPA(key): (Spain) /pisˈθina/ [pisˈθi.na]
      • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /piˈsina/ [piˈsi.na]
      • Audio (Colombia):(file)
      • Rhymes: -ina
      • Syllabification: pis‧ci‧na

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      piscina f (plural piscinas)

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

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