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Webster 1913 Edition


Piscine

Pis′cine

,
Adj.
[L.
piscis
a fish.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes;
as,
piscine
remains
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Piscine

PIS'CINE

,
Adj.
[L. piscis, a fish.]
Pertaining to fish or fishes; as piscine remains.

Definition 2024


piscine

piscine

English

Adjective

piscine (comparative more piscine, superlative most piscine)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
    • 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;..."

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.sin/

Noun

piscine f (plural piscines)

  1. swimming pool
  2. piscina

Italian

Noun

piscine f

  1. plural of piscina