piscine
noun/piːˈsiːn/ · /pɪˈsiːn/
Etymology Borrowed from French piscine.
1
Archaic A public bath or swimming pool in France.
piscine
adjUK /ˈpɪsaɪn/ · US /ˈpaɪsin/
Etymology From Late Latin piscinus or from Latin piscis (“fish”) + -ine.
1
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
- In the ancient Middle East certain cults had piscine deities, or deities with fish attributes of various kinds.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 96:
- 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; […]
- Derived terms
- intrapiscine, semipiscine