Meanings
plural fishponds · alternative fish pond · alternative fish-pond
- A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.
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 Times1 more example
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
Origin
- Middle Englishfishpond
- Englishfishpond
From Middle English fishpond; equivalent to fish + pond.
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Afrikaans visvywer
- visvywerfreshwater pond stocked with fish
Bulgarian рибарник
- рибарник (ribarnik)freshwater pond stocked with fish
Catalan piscina
- piscinafreshwater pond stocked with fish
Chinese Mandarin 魚池 /鱼池
- 魚池 /鱼池 (yúchí)freshwater pond stocked with fish
Czech rybník
- rybníkfreshwater pond stocked with fish
Dutch visvijver
- visvijverfreshwater pond stocked with fish
Finnish kalalammikko
- kalalammikkofreshwater pond stocked with fish
French vivier
- vivierfreshwater pond stocked with fish
German Fischteich
- Fischteichfreshwater pond stocked with fish
Hungarian halastó
- halastófreshwater pond stocked with fish
Irish dabhach éisc
- dabhach éiscfreshwater pond stocked with fish
Italian peschiera
- peschierafreshwater pond stocked with fish
Korean 양어지
- 양어지 (yang'eoji)freshwater pond stocked with fish
Latin piscīna
- piscīnafreshwater pond stocked with fish
Polish staw rybny, rybnik
- staw rybnyfreshwater pond stocked with fish
- rybnikfreshwater pond stocked with fish
Portuguese piscina
- piscinafreshwater pond stocked with fish
Romanian heleșteu
- heleșteufreshwater pond stocked with fish
Russian садо́к
- садо́к (sadók)freshwater pond stocked with fish
Spanish piscina, estanque
- piscinafreshwater pond stocked with fish
- estanquefreshwater pond stocked with fish
- nansafreshwater pond stocked with fish
Tagalog paisdaan
- paisdaanfreshwater pond stocked with fish
Ukrainian са́жалка
- са́жалка (sážalka)freshwater pond stocked with fish
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Cite this entry
fishpond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishpond
“fishpond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishpond. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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