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Pisces
(paɪsiːz)
1. uncountable noun
Pisces is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is two fish. People who are born approximately between the 19th of February and the 20th of March come under this sign.
2. singular noun
A Pisces is a person whose sign of the zodiac is Pisces.
Pisces in British English
(ˈpaɪsiːz, ˈpɪ-)
nounWord forms: Latin genitive Piscium (ˈpaɪsɪəm)
1. astronomy
a faint extensive zodiacal constellation lying between Aquarius and Aries on the ecliptic
2. astrology
a. Also called: the Fishes
the twelfth sign of the zodiac, symbol ♓, having a mutable water classification and ruled by the planets Jupiter and Neptune. The sun is in this sign between about Feb 19 and March 20
b.
a person born when the sun is in this sign
3.
a.
a taxonomic group that comprises all fishes
fish (sense 1)b.
a taxonomic group that comprises the bony fishes only
teleostadjective
Also (for senses 2b, 4): Piscean4. astrology
born under or characteristic of Pisces
Word origin
C14: Latin: the fishesPisces in American English
(ˈpaɪˌsiz; occas. ˈpɪsˌiz)
noun
1.
a N constellation between Aries and Aquarius; the Fishes
2.
the twelfth sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about February 21
3.
a person born under the sign of Pisces
: also ˈPiscean (ˈpaɪsiən; ˈpɪsiən) Word origin
ME < L, pl. of piscis, fishImage ofPisces
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British English: Pisces /ˈpaɪsiːz; ˈpɪ-/ NOUN
Pisces is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is two fish. People who are born between the 19th of February and the 20th of March come under this sign.
- American English: Pisces
- Arabic: الـحُوت
- Brazilian Portuguese: Peixes
- Chinese: 双鱼座
- Croatian: ribe
- Czech: Ryby znamení
- Danish: Fisken
- Dutch: Vissen sterrenbeeld
- European Spanish: Piscis
- Finnish: kalat horoskooppimerkki
- French: Poissons horoscope
- German: Fische Sternzeichen
- Greek: Ιχθείς
- Italian: Pesci
- Japanese: 魚座
- Korean: 물고기자리
- Norwegian: Fiskene
- Polish: Ryby horoskop
- European Portuguese: Peixes
- Romanian: Pești
- Russian: Рыбы
- Latin American Spanish: Piscis
- Swedish: Fiskarna
- Thai: ราศีกันย์ ราศีกันย
- Turkish: Balık burcu
- Ukrainian: риби
- Vietnamese: Cung song ngư
Chinese translation of 'Pisces'
Pisces
(ˈpaɪsiːz)
n
- (u) (= sign)
双(雙)鱼(魚)座
(Shuāngyú Zuò) - (c) (= person)
双(雙)鱼(魚)座的人
(Shuāngyú Zuò de rén) (个(個), gè)I'm (a) Pisces我是双(雙)鱼(魚)座的
(wǒ shì Shuāngyú Zuò de)
- bismuth glance
- bismuthic
- bismuthinite
- bismuthous
- bisnaga
- bisociation
- bisociative
- bison
- bisontine
- bisphenol
- bisphosphonate
- bisque
- bissau
- bissextile
- bissextus
- bisson
- bissão
- bist
- bistable
- bistate
- leave-someone-cold
- leave someone high and dry
- leave someone holding the baby
- leave someone holding the bag
- leave someone in the lurch