piscina

See also: Piscina and písčina

English

Etymology

From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”). Compare Middle English piscyne (“pool, pond”), from the same Latin word. By surface analysis, Latin pisc- +‎ -ina.

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 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

Borrowed from Latin piscīna (“fishpond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [piˈsi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [piˈsi.na]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ina

Noun

piscina f (plural piscines)

1. fishpond
2. swimming pool
3. (Christianity) piscina

   Synonym: sacràrium

Derived terms

• piscina probàtica

Related terms

• peix

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “piscina”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “piscina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “piscina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “piscina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

• “piscina”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

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)
3. (archaic) synonym of peschiera (“fishpond”)

Related terms

• pesce

Descendants

• → Greek: πισίνα (pisína)

References

• 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

Anagrams

• spinaci

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péysks

Proto-Italic *piskis

Latin piscis

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusnom.

Latin -īna

Latin piscīna

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɪsˈkiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [piʃˈʃiː.na]

Noun

piscīna f (genitive piscīnae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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
• Venetan: 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, 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péysks

Proto-Italic *piskis

Latin piscis

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusnom.

Latin -īna

Latin piscīnalbor.

Portuguese piscina

Learned borrowing from Latin piscīna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈsĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈsĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈsi.na/

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

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ĩnɐ, -inɐ
• Hyphenation: pis‧ci‧na

Noun

piscina f (plural piscinas)

1. swimming pool
2. (Christianity) baptismal font

   Synonym: fonte batismal

3. (archaic) fishpond

   Synonym: viveiro

Derived terms

• fazer piscinas (“to swim the distance of a swimming pool; to repeatedly follow a specific round-trip route”)
• piscina curta
• piscina de saltos
• piscina olímpica
• piscina probática
• piscina semiolímpica
• piscinal (“fishpond-dwelling”, adjective)
• piscinão
• piscineiro

Related terms

• peixe (“fish”)

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Pisin

Further reading

• “piscina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “piscina”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “piscina” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “piscina”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “piscina”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “piscina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Noun

piscina

1. definite singular of piscină

Spanish

piscina

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈθina/ [pisˈθi.na] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /piˈsina/ [piˈsi.na] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: pis‧ci‧na

Noun

piscina f (plural piscinas)

1. swimming pool

   Synonym: (Mexico) alberca

2. fishpond

   Synonym: pecina (archaic)

3. (Christianity) piscina

Derived terms

• piscinazo
• tirarse a la piscina

Further reading

• “piscina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025