different between piscine vs piscatorial

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 Latin pisc?tor (“fisherman”), from piscis (“fish”).

Adjective

piscatorial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
   • 1866, Anthony Trollope, The Claverings, ch 41:

     There should be no plea put in by him in his absences, that he had only gone to catch a few fish, when his intentions had been other than piscatorial.

   • 1895, The Gentleman's Magazine, January to June issue, pg. 38:

     That a lucy or luce is the mature pike, every piscatorial schoolboy knows.
2. Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
   • 2005, "Mercedes goes back to nature for dynamic inspiration", Times Online, London, 25 Nov (retrieved 2 July 2007):

     The tropical boxfish may not look the sleekest or sexiest of piscatorial creatures, but the Mercedes team knew better.

   • 2007, "Atlantic salmon: Ruler of the river," The Economist, vol. 385, no. 8560 (22 Dec.), p. 139:

     There are dozens of photographs, but it is not the piscatorial pornography that makes this book so exciting so much as the stories Mr Buller has unearthed.

Synonyms

• piscatory

References

• “piscatorial” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.