English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English fisc. Cognates include Latin piscis.
Pronunciation
Noun
fish (uncountable and countable; plural fishes)
- (countable) A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
- Salmon and trout are species of fish.
- (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
- The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
- (countable) A period of time spent fishing.
- The fish didn't prove successful.
- A card game in which the object is obtain pairs of cards.
- (derogatory slang; uncountable) Women.
Synonyms
- (period of time spent fishing): fishing
Translations
vertebrate animal
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- Ilocano: lames
- Indonesian: ikan
- Interlingua: pisce
- Italian: pesce m
- Japanese: 魚 (さかな , sakana)
- Javanese: iwak
- Lao: ປາ (bpa)
- Latin: piscis m
- Lithuanian: žuvis f
- Malay: ikan
- Mandarin: 鱼 / 魚 (Pīnyīn: yú)
- Mongolian: загас (zagas)
- Nahuatl: michin
- Norwegian: fisk
- Persian: ماهی (māhi)
- Polish: ryba f
- Portuguese: peixe m
- Romanian: peşte m
- Russian: рыба (r'yba)
- Slovene: riba f (plural ribe )
- Spanish: pez m (plural peces ), pescado m (plural pescados )
- Swahili: samaki
- Swedish: fisk c
- Tagalog: isda n
- Thai: ปลา
- ཉ་ (ña)
- Tok Pisin: pis
- Tupinambá: pirá
- Turkish: balık
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flesh of fish as food
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- Japanese: 魚肉 (ぎょにく, gyoniku)
- Polish: ryba f
- Slovene: riba f
- Spanish: pescado
- Swedish: fisk c
- Turkish: balık
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period of time spent fishing
- Finnish: kalastus
- German: Fischzug m
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- Polish: łowienie ryb n
- Swedish: fiske n
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card game
derogatory slang: women
Intransitive verb
to fish (fishes, fished , fishing)
- To try to catch fish, whether successfully or not.
- She went to the river to fish for trout.
- (followed by about, around, through, etc) To attempt to find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects .
- Why are you fishing around in my things?
- (followed by around) To attempt to find information by talking to people.
- the detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information
- Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it
Synonyms
- (try to catch fish): angle,drop in a line
- (attempt to find by searching among other objects): rifle, rummage
Translations
try to catch fish
- Breton: pesketa
- Catalan: pescar
- Chinese (simplified): 渔
- Chinese (traditional): 漁
- Danish: fiske
- Dutch: vissen , hengelen , snoeken (when fishing for this particular kind of fish)
- Fijian: siwa , qoli
- Finnish: kalastaa , onkia
- French: faire la pêche , pêcher
- Frisian: fiskje
- German: fischen , angeln
- Guarani: kutu (transitive), pirakutu (intransitive)
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- Hawaiian: lawaiʻa
- Indonesian: pancing
- Interlingua: piscar
- Italian: pescare
- Japanese: 釣り (つり, tsuri)
- Polish: łowić ryby
- Portuguese: pescar
- Romanian: pescui
- Russian: ловить рыбу (lovit' ribu)
- Slovene: ribariti , loviti ribe
- Spanish: pescar
- Swedish: fiska
- Tok Pisin: huk
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attempt to find by searching among other objects
Transitive verb
- (followed by for) To attempt to get hold of (an object) that is among other objects.
- He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.
- (figurative; followed by for) To attempt to gain (compliments, etc).
Synonyms
- (attempt to get hold of (an object) among others): rummage
- (attempt to gain (compliments, etc)): angle
Translations
attempt to get hold of (an object) among others
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- Portuguese: pescar , catar
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attempt to gain (compliments, etc)
- Finnish: kalastaa , onkia
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The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and then inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The number is not necessarily correct.
Adjective
fish
- Of or relating to fish
- a fish dinner
- Of or relating to fishing
- a fish hook
Translations
relating to fish
- Danish: fiske-
- Dutch: vis- , (plural vissen- )
- Finnish: kala- prefix in a compound word
- French: de poisson
- Interlingua: de pisce
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- Italian: di pesce
- Polish: rybi m, rybia f, rybie n
- Portuguese: de peixe , písceo m
- Slovene: ribji m, ribja f, ribje n
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relating to fishing
- Finnish: kalastus- , kala- prefixes in a compound word
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Related terms
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