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Etymology 1

From Old English fisc < Proto-Germanic *fiskaz < Proto-Indo-European *peisk-, *pisk-. Cognate with Dutch vis, German Fisch, Swedish fisk. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin piscis, Russian пискарь, Irish iasc.

Noun

Singular fish

Plural collectively (UK) fish or (US) and when referring to two or more kinds fishes or informally fishies

fish (collectively (UK) fish or (US) and when referring to two or more kinds fishes or informally fishies)

  1. (countable) A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
    Salmon is a fish.
    God created all the fishes of the world.
  2. (collectively) Plural form of fish.
    We have many fish in our aquarium.
  3. (possibly archaic) Any vertebrate that lives in water and cannot live outside it.
  4. (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
    The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
  5. (countable) A period of time spent fishing.
    The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.
  6. (countable) An instance of seeking something.
    Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
  7. (uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain pairs of cards.
  8. (uncountable, derogatory, slang) Women.
  9. (slang) An easy victim for swindling.
  10. (nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.

Synonyms

Derived terms
terms derived from fish (noun)

See also

Translations
vertebrate animal
collective plural of fish
  • Armenian: ձկներ hy(hy) (jkner)
  • Finnish: kala fi(fi)
archaic: any vertebrate that lives in water and cannot live outside it
  • Finnish: kala fi(fi)
flesh of fish as food
  • Armenian: ձուկ hy(hy) (juk)
  • Bosnian: riba bs(bs) f.
  • Crimean Tatar: balıq
  • Croatian: riba hr(hr) f.
  • Czech: ryba cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: fisk da(da) c.
  • Erzya: кал (kal)
  • Estonian: kala et(et)
  • Finnish: kala fi(fi)
  • French: poisson fr(fr) m.
  • German: Fisch de(de) m.
  • Greek: ψάρι el(el) (psari) n.
  • Icelandic: fiskur is(is) m.
  • Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃ
  • Italian: pesce it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 魚肉 (ぎょにく, gyoniku)
  • Kurdish: masî ku(ku) m.
period of time spent fishing
  • Finnish: kalastus fi(fi)
  • French: pêche fr(fr) f.
  • German: Fischzug m.
  • Greek: ψάρεμα el(el) (psárema) n.
  • Hungarian: halászat, halászás
  • Kurdish: masîgirî ku(ku) m.
  • Polish: łowienie ryb n.
  • Russian: рыбалка (rybalka) f. (recreation), рыбная ловля (rýbnaja lóvlja) f. (industry)
  • Slovak:
    recreational: rybačka f., rybárčenie n., rybárstvo n.
    industrial: rybolov m.
  • Spanish: pesca es(es) f.
  • Swahili: samaki sw(sw)
  • Swedish: fiske sv(sv) n.
instance of seeking something
card game
  • Danish: fisk da(da)
derogatory slang: woman
  • Bosnian: riba bs(bs) f.
  • Croatian: riba hr(hr) f.
  • Macedonian: риба mk(mk) (ríba) f.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: риба f.
    Roman: riba f.
slang: easy victim for swindling
nautical: makeshift brace
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  • Egyptian: bɵtʉ; in; rɵm

Adjective

fish (not comparable)

Positive fish

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. Of or relating to fish.
    It was a fine fish dinner.

Etymology 2

From Old English fiscian.

Adjective

fish (not comparable)

Positive fish

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. Of or relating to fishing.
    Put the worm on a fish hook.

Translations
relating to fish
  • Armenian: ձկնային hy(hy) (jknayin), ձկան hy(hy) (jkan)
  • Danish: fisk da(da)
  • Dutch: vis-, (plural: vissen-)
  • Finnish: kala- fi(fi) modifier in a compound word
  • French: de poisson
  • Icelandic: fisk-, fiski-
  • Interlingua: de pisce
  • Italian: di pesce
  • Macedonian: рибен mk(mk) (ríben) m., рибин mk(mk) (ríbin) m.
  • Norwegian: fiske- prefix in a compound word
  • Polish: rybi m., rybia f., rybie n.
  • Portuguese: de peixe, písceo m.
  • Russian: рыбный ru(ru), рыбий ru(ru)
  • Slovene: ribji m., ribja f., ribje n.
  • Swahili: samaki sw(sw)
  • Zhuang: bya za(za)
relating to fishing
  • Macedonian: рибарски mk(mk) (ríbarski) m., риболовен mk(mk) (ribolóven) m.
  • Russian: рыбацкий (recreation), рыболовецкий (industry)
  • Swahili: samaki sw(sw)

Verb

Infinitive to fish

Third person singular fishes

Simple past fished

Past participle fished

Present participle fishing

to fish (third-person singular simple present fishes, present participle fishing, simple past and past participle fished)

  1. (intransitive) To try to catch fish, whether successfully or not.
    She went to the river to fish for trout.
  2. (intransitive, 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 through in my things?
  3. (intransitive, followed by "around") To attempt to obtain information by talking to people.
    The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
  4. (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
  5. (transitive, followed by "for") To attempt to get hold of (an object) that is among other objects.
  6. (transitive, figuratively, followed by "for") To attempt to gain.
    The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
  7. (nautical) To repair a spar or mast using a brace often called a fish (see NOUN above).
    1970 Henderson, James, The Frigates, an account of the lesser warships of the wars from 1793 to 1815; Wordsworth edition of 1998, p143:
    • [...] the crew were set to replacing and splicing the rigging and fishing the spars.

Synonyms

Derived terms
term derived from fish (verb)

Translations
to try to catch fish
  • Icelandic: veiða (also ‘hunt’), fiska (less common)
  • Indonesian: pancing
  • Interlingua: piscar
  • Italian: pescare it(it)
  • Japanese: 釣り (つり, tsuri)
  • Norwegian: fiske no(no)
  • Polish: łowić ryby
  • Portuguese: pescar pt(pt)
  • Romanian: pescui ro(ro)
  • Russian: рыбачить ru(ru) (rybáčit') (impf.), ловить рыбу (lovit' ribu)
  • Slovene: ribariti, loviti ribe
  • Spanish: pescar es(es)
  • Swedish: fiska sv(sv)
  • Thai: ตกปลา th(th) (dtòk bplaa)
  • Tok Pisin: huk
  • West Frisian: fiskje
to attempt to find by searching among other objects
  • Russian: выуживать ru(ru) (vyúživat) (impf.), выудить ru(ru) (výudit) (pf.)
to attempt to obtain information by talking to people
  • Finnish: urkkia fi(fi)
  • Icelandic: veiða upp úr, fiska
  • Russian: выуживать ru(ru) (vyúživat) (impf.), выудить ru(ru) (výudit) (pf.)
cricket: to attempt to hit outside off stump and miss
to attempt to get hold of (an object) among others
to attempt to gain something
nautical: to repair by using a brace

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