"pool (swimming pool)" in seven languages
Meaningpool (swimming pool)
Spanish
piscina
/pisˈθina/
fem.learned
Alberca in Mexico, pileta in Argentina.
French
piscine
/pisin/
fem.learned
Italian
piscina
/piʃˈʃina/
fem.learned
Portuguese
piscina
/piˈsinɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
piscină
/pisˈtʃinə/
fem.learned
Catalan
piscina
/piˈsinə/
fem.learned
English
pool
/pul/
native English · Old English pōl
English → Italianpool (swimming pool)piscinaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: Pisces, piscine.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PISCĪNAM‘fishpond (from PISCIS 'fish')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Roman piscina was a fishpond. The sisters reused the book word for a pool you swim in, so you are bathing in a 'fish tank'.
English relatives: Pisces, piscine
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In a sentence
- esEl hotel tiene piscina.
- frL'hôtel a une piscine.
- itL'hotel ha la piscina.
- ptO hotel tem piscina.
- roHotelul are piscină.
- caL'hotel té piscina.
- enThe hotel has a pool.