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English

Pronunciation

Adjective

fishing (not comparable)

Positive fishing

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. Of, or pertaining to fishing.

Noun

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Singular fishing

Plural countable and uncountable; plural fishings

fishing (countable and uncountable; plural fishings)

Fishing (sense 1)
  1. (uncountable) The activity or sport of catching fish from a body of water.
    a good day's fishing
  2. (uncountable) The business of catching fish in large quantities for sale.
    the fishing industry
  3. (countable) A place for catching fish.

Synonyms

Translations

sport of catching fish
  • Arabic: صيد السمك ar(ar) (Sayd as-sámak) m.
  • Armenian: ձկնորսություն hy(hy) (jknorsut’yun)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 釣魚 cmn(cmn), 钓鱼 cmn(cmn) (diàoyú)
  • Dutch: vissen n. , sportvisserij f., hengelsport
  • Esperanto: fiŝi, ĉasfiŝi, fiŝkapti
  • Finnish: kalastus fi(fi), onginta fi(fi)
  • French: pêche fr(fr) f.
  • German: Fischen de(de) n.
  • Italian: pesca it(it) f.
  • Japanese: 釣り ja(ja) (tsuri)
  • Macedonian: рибарство mk(mk) (ribárstvo) n., риболов mk(mk) (ríbolov) m.
  • Norwegian: fisking no(no) m. and f.
  • Romanian: a pescui
  • Russian: рыбалка ru(ru) f. (rybálka)
  • Swedish: fiske n., fiskande n.
business of catching fish
  • Armenian: ձկնորսություն hy(hy) (jknorsut’yun)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 漁業 cmn(cmn) or 魚業 cmn(cmn), 渔业 cmn(cmn) or 鱼业 cmn(cmn) (yúyè)
  • Dutch: visserij nl(nl) f.
  • Esperanto: fiŝkaptado eo(eo)
  • Finnish: kalastus fi(fi)
  • French: pêche fr(fr) f.
  • Japanese: 漁 ja(ja) (ryō), 漁業 ja(ja) (ぎょぎょう, gyogyō)
  • Macedonian: рибарство mk(mk) (ribárstvo) n., риболов mk(mk) (ríbolov) m.
  • Norwegian: fisking no(no) m. and f.
  • Romanian: a pescui
  • Russian: рыболовство n. (rybolóvstvo), рыбная ловля f. (rýbnaja lóvlja)
  • Swedish: fiske n., fiskande n.
place for catching fish
  • Dutch: stek nl(nl)
  • Japanese: 釣り場 (つりば, tsuriba)(sports), 漁場 (りょうば, ryōba)(business)
  • Swedish: fiskevatten n.

Verb

fishing

  1. Present participle of fish.

 

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