fish – English noun declension

English noun forms of fish

Noun: fish
Singularfish
Pluralfish; fishes

Sample Sentences

  • Salmon is a fish.
  • The fishmonger sells fishes from all over the world.
  • Ichthyologists study the fish of the world.
  • We have many fish in our aquarium.
  • The whale, the limpet, the tortoise and the oyster… as men have been willing to give them all the name of fishes, it is wisest for us to conform. [1774, Oliver Goldsmith, History of the Earth and Animated Nature, volume IV:]
  • Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me. [1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:]
  • The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
  • Though Lena is a vegetarian, she doesn't have any problem with eating fish.
  • Include low-mercury fish in your diet (such as salmon) and eat at least five servings a day of fruit and vegetables, especially dark leafy greens, broccoli, and cauliflower. Avoid saturated and trans fats, which may hasten brain aging. [2012 March, “Flexing your brain”, in Consumer Reports on Health, volume 24, number 3, page 9:]
  • Since the semi-aquatic beaver was a skilled swimmer, the Church declared it to be a fish for dietary purposes. [2017 April 7, sjchurchadmin, Saint Joachim Catholic Church:]
  • Throughout the Catholic Church's long history, archbishops and other prominent church leaders have made numerous declarations about which animals can be considered "fish for the purposes of Lent, even if those animals have virtually no similarities to fish in a scientific sense. [2023 February 20, William Taylor Potter, The Daily Advertiser:]
  • During the 17th and 18th centuries, Catholics around the world began to liberally interpret "fish" as any aquatic-based creature, despite blood temperature, and created local meat exceptions that remain in place today. [2023 March 9, Jessie Molloy, Tasting Table:]
  • The second and third fish went to the middle of her long superstructure and under her forward deck. [1977, Richard O'Kane, Clear the Bridge: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang, Ballantine Books, published 2003, page 344:]
  • As we came off patrol we had some torpedoes fired at us by an enemy submarine but we dived out of the way. About April 10 we fired our fish in two salvoes at a convoy. [1999, John Winton, The Submariners: Life in British Submarines 1901-1999, page 114:]
  • When a young male enters the prison system he is looked over and is labeled a FISH. [1986 April 19, Michael Rathbone, “Tell Someone”, in Gay Community News, page 4:]
  • Him father is a fish so mi know say it's sprat dat (His father is a homosexual, so I know that he is too.) [2007, “Touch The Road” (track 18), in Gangsta for Life: The Symphony of David Brooks, performed by Mavado (singer):]
  • Bere gunman deh ya we nuh fren fish (hey bwoy) (Lots of gunmen are here, we don't befriend gay men (hey boy)) [2021 August 4, “Street Cred”performed by Skeng:]

Etymology

1. From Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ (“fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *piskós (“fish”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Yola wish (“fish”), North Frisian fasch, fask, Fesk (“fish”), Saterland Frisian Fisk (“fish”), West Frisian fisk (“fish”), Cimbrian biss, visch, viss (“fish”), Dutch vis (“fish”), Dutch Low Saxon and Mòcheno visch (“fish”), German Fisch (“fish”), German Low German Fösch (“fish”), Luxembourgish Fësch (“fish”), Yiddish פֿיש (fish, “fish”), Danish, Elfdalian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fisk (“fish”), Faroese and Icelandic fiskur (“fish”), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks, “fish”), Crimean Gothic fisct (“fish”). Compare Irish iasc (“fish”), Latin piscis (“fish”). See: Middle English Nouns 'fisch', Dutch Nouns 'vis', German Nouns 'Fisch', Gothic Nouns '𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃', Irish Nouns 'iasc', Latin Nouns 'piscis'.

Verbs referencing "fish"

Latin Nouns piscis, Danish Nouns fisk, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns fisk, Bulgarian Nouns писа, Zulu Nouns ufishi.