English
Etymology
From Latin piscēs, the nominative plural of piscis (“fish”), calque of Ancient Greek ιχθύες (ikhthúes, “fish (pl); name of constellation”). Compare Akkadian 𒁺𒉺𒉺 (DU.NU.NU, “fish-cord”); the constellation is often depicted as two fish tied by a ribbon.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɪsiːz/, /ˈpɪsiːz/
- Rhymes: -ɪsiːz
Proper noun
Pisces (symbol ♓︎)
- (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured as a pair of fish with their tails tied by a ribbon.
- Synonyms: the Fish, the Fishes
- (astrology) The zodiac sign for the fish, supposed to be ruled by Neptune or Jupiter and to influence events occurring between February 20 and March 20 (tropical) or, less often, between March 15 and April 14 (sidereal).
Derived terms
Translations
constellation
- Albanian: Peshqit
- Arabic: بُرْج اَلْحُوت m (burj al-ḥūt), اَلْحُوت m (al-ḥūt)
- Armenian: Ձկներ (Jkner)
- Azerbaijani: Balıqlar
- Breton: Pesked m pl
- Bulgarian: Ри́би pl (Ríbi)
- Catalan: Peixos (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雙魚座 / 双鱼座 (zh) (shuāngyúzuò)
- Cornish: an Puskes
- Czech: Ryby (cs)
- Danish: Fiskene
- Dutch: Vissen (nl) m pl
- Esperanto: Fiŝoj
- Estonian: Kalad
- Finnish: Kalat (fi)
- French: Poissons (fr) m pl
- Georgian: (ťevzi) თევზი (ka) (tevzi)
- German: Fische (de) m pl
- Greek: Ιχθύες (el) m pl (Ichthýes)
- Ancient Greek: Ἰχθύες m pl (Ikhthúes)
- Hebrew: דָּגִים (he) (dagím)
- Hindi: मीन (hi) m (mīn), मत्स्य (hi) m (matsya)
- Hungarian: Halak (hu)
- Icelandic: (please verify) fiskar n pl, (please verify) fiskarnir n pl
- Irish: na hÉisc m pl
- Italian: Pesci (it) m pl
- Japanese: 魚座 (ja) (Uoza), うお座 (ja) (Uoza)
- Kazakh: Балықтар (Balyqtar)
- Korean: 물고기자리 (Mulgogijari), 어좌(魚座) (Eojwa)
- Latin: Pisces (la) m pl
- Latvian: Zivis
- Lithuanian: Žuvys (lt)
- Macedonian: Ри́би f pl (Ríbi)
- Malay: Ikan, Hut, Pises
- Maltese: Ħut
- Manx: ny Yeeastyn m pl
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Fiskene (no) m pl
- Nynorsk: Fiskane (no) m pl
- Occitan: Peishs m pl
- Persian: برج حوت (borj-e howt)
- Polish: Ryby (pl) pl
- Portuguese: (Portugal) Pisces (pt) m pl, (Brazil) Peixes (pt) m pl
- Romanian: Pești (ro)
- Russian: Ры́бы (ru) f pl (Rýby)
- Sanskrit: मीन (sa) m (mīna), मत्स्य (sa) m (matsya)
- Scottish Gaelic: na h-Iasgan m pl
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Рибе f pl
- Latin: Ribe f pl
- Slovak: (súhvezdie) Ryby pl
- Slovene: Ríbi (sl) f du
- Spanish: Piscis (es) m pl
- Swedish: Fiskarna (sv)
- Tagalog: Isda, Pisis
- Telugu: మీనరాశి (te) (mīnarāśi), మీనము (te) (mīnamu), మీనం (te) (mīnaṁ)
- Thai: กลุ่มดาวปลา (glòom daao bplaa)
- Turkish: Balık (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: ماهی (mahi)
- Ukrainian: Риби (Ryby)
- Urdu: مین m (mīn)
- Vietnamese: Cung song ngư
- Welsh: y Pysgod
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astrological sign
- Afrikaans: Visse pl
- Albanian: Peshqit m pl
- Arabic: بُرْج اَلْحُوت m (burj al-ḥūt), اَلْحُوت m (al-ḥūt)
- Armenian: Ձկներ (Jkner)
- Asturian: Piscis, Pexes
- Azerbaijani: Balıqlar
- Bashkir: Балыҡ (Balıq)
- Breton: Pesked m pl
- Bulgarian: Ри́би pl (Ríbi)
- Burmese: မိန် (my) (min)
- Catalan: Peixos (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雙魚座 / 双鱼座 (zh) (shuāngyúzuò)
- Cornish: an Puskes
- Czech: Ryby (cs) f pl
- Danish: Fiskene
- Dutch: Vissen (nl) m pl
- Esperanto: Fiŝoj
- Estonian: Kalad
- Finnish: Kalat (fi)
- French: Poissons (fr)
- Georgian: თევზები pl (tevzebi)
- German: Fische (de) m pl
- Greek: Ιχθύες (el) m pl (Ichthýes)
- Ancient Greek: Ἰχθύες m pl (Ikhthúes)
- Hebrew: דָּגִים (he) (dagím)
- Hindi: मीन (hi) m (mīn), मत्स्य (hi) m (matsya)
- Hungarian: Halak (hu)
- Icelandic: (please verify) fiskarnir n pl
- Irish: na hÉisc m pl
- Italian: Pesci (it) m pl
- Japanese: 魚座 (ja) (Uoza)
- Kazakh: Балықтар (Balyqtar)
- Khmer: មីនា (km) (miinaa)
- Korean: 쌍어궁(雙魚宮) (ko) (Ssang'eogung)
- Latin: Pisces (la) m pl
- Lithuanian: Žuvys (lt) f pl
- Luxembourgish: Fësch (lb) m pl
- Macedonian: риби f pl (ribi)
- Malay: Ikan, Hut, Pises
- Maltese: Ħut
- Manx: ny Yeeastyn m pl
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Fiskene (no) m pl
- Nynorsk: Fiskane (no) m pl
- Occitan: Peishs m pl
- Odia: ମୀନ (or) (mīna)
- Persian: ماهی (fa) (mâhi)
- Polish: Ryby (pl) f pl
- Portuguese: (Portugal) Pisces (pt) m pl, (Brazil) Peixes (pt) m pl
- Romanian: Pești (ro) m pl
- Russian: Ры́бы (ru) f pl (Rýby)
- Sanskrit: मीन (sa) m (mīna), मत्स्य (sa) m (matsya)
- Scottish Gaelic: na h-Iasgan m pl
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Рибе f pl
- Latin: Ribe f pl
- Slovene: Ríbi (sl) f du
- Spanish: Piscis (es) m pl
- Swahili: Hutu (sw), Samaki
- Swedish: Fiskarna (sv) c pl
- Tagalog: Isda, Pisis
- Telugu: మీనరాశి (te) (mīnarāśi), మీనము (te) (mīnamu), మీనం (te) (mīnaṁ)
- Thai: มีน (th) (miin)
- Turkish: Balık (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: ماهی (mahi)
- Ukrainian: Риби (Ryby)
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See also
Noun
Pisces (plural Pisces)
- Someone with a Pisces astrological sign.
Antonyms
Translations
Someone with a Pisces star sign
See also
References
- ^ John H. Roger "Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions" Journal of the British Astronomy Association 108: 1, p. 27.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From the plural form of piscis (“fish”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Piscēs m pl (genitive Piscium); third declension
- (astronomy) the Fishes, Pisces (constellation)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
See also
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Piscēs.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pisces m pl (plural only) (Brazil)
- (astronomy, astrology) Pisces (constellation)
- (astrology) Pisces (astrological sign)
Synonyms