Meaning

22 senses
  1. (countable)A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.

    Salmon is a fish.

    The fishmonger sells fishes from all over the world.

    Fisch, Fiisch, Fusch (Vorderpfälzisch)

    ры́баrýba

    ри́баrýba

    any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any vertebrate, including tetrapods.

  3. (Newfoundland, countable, uncountable)Cod; codfish.

  4. (uncountable)The flesh of the fish used as food.

    The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.

    Though Lena is a vegetarian, she doesn't have any problem with eating fish.

    Fisch

    ры́баrýba

    ри́баrýba

    the flesh of fish used as food

  5. (countable, uncountable)An aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.

  6. (uncountable)A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

  7. (countable, slang)An easy victim for swindling.

    лохlox, лопу́хlopúx, фра́ерfrájer

  8. (countable, slang)A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

  9. (countable)A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A purchase used to fish the anchor.

  11. (countable, slang)A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).

  12. (countable, uncountable)The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

    ры́баrýba, ры́быrýby

    ри́биrýby

Examples

2189 sentences
  1. Do you think fish can hear?

    Гадаєш, риби чують? — deniko

    ruДумаешь, рыба может слышать? — Hellerick

    deGlaubst du, dass Fische hören können? — MUIRIEL

  2. This fish has a bad smell.

    Ця рибра погано пахне. — deniko

    deDieser Fisch riecht schlecht. — samueldora

  3. This is how I cook fish.

    Ось як я готую рибу. — Anjy

    ruВот как я готовлю рыбу. — Biga

  4. I like meat better than fish.

    М'ясо мені подобається більше, ніж риба. — deniko

    ruМясо мне нравится больше, чем рыба. — sharptoothed

    deIch mag lieber Fleisch als Fisch. — MUIRIEL

  5. I caught a big fish yesterday.

    Вчора я пiймав велику рибу. — rmdas

    ruЯ поймал вчера большую рыбу. — Lenin_1917

    deGestern habe ich einen großen Fisch gefangen. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
vertebrate animal:
collective plural of fish:
Русский
By meaning 6
period of time spent fishing:
vertebrate animal:
slang: easy victim for swindling:
collective plural of fish:
derogatory slang: woman:
instance of seeking something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
period of time spent fishing:
vertebrate animal:

Origin

From Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ (“fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *fisk,

From Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ (“fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *piskós (“fish”).

Deverbal from to fish (etymology 3).

Borrowed from French fiche (“peg, mark”).

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Forms

plural: fish / fishes
Singularfish
Pluralfish / fishes

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
potential swindling victim:markA2
bad poker player:donkeyB2donk
card game:Go Fish
Close in meaning
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces:Pisces
  • the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20:PiscesPisces the Fishes

Word family

467 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • eat fish
  • eat raw fish
  • raw fish
  • lot of fish
  • caught more fish
  • caught a fish
  • catch any fish
  • caught three fish
  • fish for dinner
  • kind of fish
  • more fish than
  • like a fish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fish — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto