piscina
swimming pool
noun pee-SHEE-nah Less Common
Origin: from Latin 'piscina' (fish pond)
Usage Note
Piscina is a swimming pool; andare in piscina means to go to the pool to swim. The plural is piscine, and the word originally meant a fish pond in Latin.
Examples
"I bambini nuotano in piscina."
Natural Translation
The children are swimming in the pool.
Literal Translation
The children swim in pool.
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