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piscina

/pɪˈsiːnə/

piscina noun: a drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.

Noun

piscina (plural piscinas or piscinae)

  1. A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
  2. A basin or tank, especially one for holding fishes or for growing aquatic plants.

piscina meaning in Tamil and Urdu

piscina in Tamil

மச்சத்தொட்டி, மீன்றடம், நீச்சல் குளம்

piscina in Urdu

حوض

Synonyms of piscina

Forms of piscina

pluralpiscinas
pluralpiscinae

Origin of piscina

From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”). Compare Middle English piscyne (“pool, pond”), from the same Latin word. By surface analysis, Latin pisc- + -ina.

Words that rhyme with piscina

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Questions about piscina

What does piscina mean?
Piscina means a drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
What is piscina in Tamil?
Piscina in Tamil is மச்சத்தொட்டி, மீன்றடம், நீச்சல் குளம். See Piscina meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is piscina?
Piscina is a noun.
How do you pronounce piscina?
Piscina is pronounced /pɪˈsiːnə/.
What is the plural of piscina?
The plural of piscina is piscinas.

Words near piscina in the dictionary

  1. piscies
  2. piscifauna
  3. piscifaunal
  4. pisciferous
  5. pisciform
  6. piscina
  7. piscinae
  8. piscinal
  9. piscinas
  10. piscine
  11. piscines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piscina (page history and authors); piscina (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); piscina (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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