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fishpond en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fishpond; equivalent to fish + pond.

Meanings

1. A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.
   • Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater. 1987 January 18, Paula Deitz, “ISLAND LIVING, ENGLISH STYLE”, in The New York Times:
   • Incarcerated in earth-filled boxes, the hapless annelids face execution in the morning. Death by immersion in fishponds, death by cruel hooks. 1990 January 4, Pete Dunne, “IN THE NATURAL STATE”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Translations (33)

ko 양어지 (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · rsk рибалов (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · ga dabhach éisc (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · fi kalalammikko (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · sq amull (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · la piscīna (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · ro heleșteu (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · hu halastó (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · ca piscina (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · sh rȋbnjāk (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · tl paisdaan (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · af visvywer (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · fr vivier (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · ru садо́к (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · pl rybnik (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · bg рибарник (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · sh ри̑бња̄к (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · cs rybník (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · es nansa (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · de Fischteich (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · cmn 魚池 /鱼池 (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · it peschiera (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · pt piscina (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · nci michācaxitl (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · ota بالقلوا (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · pl staw rybny (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · nci michāmanalli (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · uk са́жалка (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · ota لیوار (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · es estanque (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · es piscina (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · be са́жалка (freshwater pond stocked with fish) · nl visvijver (freshwater pond stocked with fish)