different between piscine vs merperson

English

Etymology 1

Latin piscis (“a fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?sa?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pa?sin/, /?p?sa?n/

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;..."

Synonyms

• fishlike
• fishly
• fishy
• ichthyic

Translations

Etymology 2

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi??si?n/, /p??si?n/

Noun

piscine (plural piscines)

1. (archaic) A public bath or swimming pool in France.

Anagrams

• spin ice

French

Etymology

From Latin pisc?na (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pis?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.sin/

Noun

piscine f (plural piscines)

1. swimming pool
2. piscina

Derived terms

Further reading

• “piscine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

piscine f

1. plural of piscina

English

Etymology

From mer- +? person.

Noun

merperson (plural merpersons or merpeople)

1. A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.

Hyponyms

• (female): mergirl, merlady, mermaid, mermaiden, merwoman
• (male): merboy, merguy, merlad, merman
• (parent): merfather, mermother
• (young): merbaby, merchild, merkid, merteen
• (spouse): merhusband, merwife

Translations

Anagrams

• presermon