piscine

«piscine» in Mova's school dictionary: to do with fish or like a fish — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (piscine — formal, rare); French noun «piscine» (not English)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, science) Piscine means to do with fish or like a fish. tree →

2) (French) «Une piscine» means a swimming pool; it sounds like «pee-SEEN» and is a French word, not English. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English, «piscine» is a rare scientific or jokey word: a «piscine smell» is fishy. In French lessons, «la piscine» is the swimming pool — a false friend for English learners. Related English word: «Pisces», the fish sign in star-sign lore.

examples

• The pond had a piscine smell. tree →
• The scientist studied piscine diseases. tree →
• «Je vais à la piscine» means «I'm going to the swimming pool» in French. tree →
• In French, «piscine» is the pool, not the fish. tree →
• Pisces is the star sign with two fish. tree →
• The aquarium is a piscine paradise. tree →

note

English adjective is rare and formal, pronounced «PISS-ine» or «PIE-sine». False friend: French «piscine» = swimming pool. Everyday English for «piscine» is «fishy».

In the corpora

• French joins à and le into au, so you go au parc, but à la piscine and à l'école stay apart.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «piscine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.