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poisson — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  • fishy adj Tasting, smelling, or resembling fish.
  • Pisces name A zodiac constellation depicted as two fish tied together by a ribbon, and the astrological sign covering roughly late February to late March.

Senses

poisson is used for these senses in English:

  • Pisces Someone with a Pisces astrological sign.
  • fish (archaic, or, loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
  • fish (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.
  • fishy Of, from, or similar to fish.

fish — full definition

  1. noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  2. noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
  3. verb To try to catch fish.
  4. verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.

fishy — full definition

  1. adj Tasting, smelling, or resembling fish.
  2. adj Suspicious; seeming dishonest or not quite right.

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