Pisces

See also: pisces

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Aquarius		Aries
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Etymology

From Latin piscēs, the nominative plural of piscis (“fish”), calque of Ancient Greek ἰχθύες (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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪsiːz/, /ˈpɪsiːz/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsiːz

Proper noun

Pisces (symbol ♓︎)

2. (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

4. (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

• Aquisces
• kingdom of Pisces
• Piscarian
• Piscean
• Piscid
• Piscium

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 (Balıqtar) 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 (nn) 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: Song Ngư Welsh: y Pysgod

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 (Balıqtar) 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 (nn) 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) Vietnamese: Song Ngư (vi)

See also

• Alrisha
• Piscis Austrinus

Noun

Pisces (plural Pisces)

1. Someone with a Pisces astrological sign.

Antonyms

• Virgo

Translations

someone with a Pisces star sign

Bulgarian: риба (bg) (riba) Catalan: peixos (ca) m or f, pisces (ca) m or f Danish: fisk (da) c Dutch: Vis (nl) Estonian: kalad French: Poisson (fr) German: Fische (de) Hungarian: halak (hu) pl Macedonian: риба (mk) f (riba) Norwegian: fisk (no) m Portuguese: pisciano Russian: ры́ба (ru) f (rýba) Spanish: piscis m or f Ukrainian: риба (uk) (ryba)

See also

Zodiac signs and symbols (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces

Anagrams

• Spices, spices

Latin

Etymology

From the plural form of piscis (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪs.keːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiʃ.ʃes]

Proper noun

Piscēs m pl (genitive Piscium); third declension

1. (astronomy) the Fishes, Pisces (constellation)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

	plural
nominative	Piscēs
genitive	Piscium
dative	Piscibus
accusative	Piscēs Piscīs
ablative	Piscibus
vocative	Piscēs

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Piscēs.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.siʃ/

Proper noun

Pisces m pl (plural only) (Brazil)

1. (astronomy, astrology) Pisces (constellation)
2. (astrology) Pisces (astrological sign)

Synonyms

• Peixes