Meanings
nounswimming pool (plural swimming pools)
plural swimming pools · alternative dated swimming-pool
- A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.
He was chilling out with his girlfriend in the swimming pool.
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Fortunately, a waterfall thrums down the nearby mountains and forms a natural swimming pool at the entrance.
2009, Sean Harvey, The Rough Guide to the Dominican Republic, →ISBN, page 321Synonyms: swimming bath
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.
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Translations
Afrikaans swembad, swembad
- swembadpool for swimming
- swembadindoor facility for swimming
Ancient Greek κολυμβήθρα
- κολυμβήθρα (kolumbḗthra)pool for swimming
Arabic مَسْبَح, حَمَّام سِبَاحَة
- مَسْبَح (masbaḥ)pool for swimming
- حَمَّام سِبَاحَة (ḥammām sibāḥa)pool for swimming
- بِرْكَة سِبَاحَة (birkat sibāḥa)pool for swimming
Basque igerileku
- igerilekupool for swimming
Bengali সুইমিং পুল
- সুইমিং পুল (śuimiṅ pul)pool for swimming
Bulgarian басе́йн
- басе́йн (baséjn)pool for swimming
Catalan piscina
- piscinapool for swimming
Chinese Cantonese 游水池
- 游水池 (jau⁴ seoi² ci⁴)pool for swimming
Chinese Mandarin 游泳池, 泳池
- 游泳池 (yóuyǒngchí)pool for swimming
- 泳池 (yǒngchí)pool for swimming
- 游水池 (yóushuǐchí)pool for swimming
Czech bazén
- bazénpool for swimming
Danish svømmebassin, svømmehal
- svømmebassinpool for swimming
- svømmehalindoor facility for swimming
Dutch zwembassin, zwemdok
- zwembassinpool for swimming
- zwemdokpool for swimming
- zwembadpool for swimming
- zwembadindoor facility for swimming
Esperanto naĝejo, naĝejo
- naĝejopool for swimming
- naĝejoindoor facility for swimming
Estonian ujula, bassein
- ujulapool for swimming
- basseinpool for swimming
Finnish uima-allas, allas
- uima-allaspool for swimming
- allaspool for swimming
- uimahalliindoor facility for swimming
French piscine, piscine
- piscinepool for swimming
- piscineindoor facility for swimming
German Schwimmbecken, Pool
- Schwimmbeckenpool for swimming
- Poolpool for swimming
- Freibadpool for swimming
- Schwimmbadindoor facility for swimming
- Hallenbadindoor facility for swimming
Greek πισίνα
- πισίνα (pisína)pool for swimming
Hebrew בְּרֵכַת שְׂחִיָּה, בריכת שחייה
- בְּרֵכַת שְׂחִיָּהpool for swimming
- בריכת שחייה (brekhát skhiyá)pool for swimming
- בְּרֵכָהpool for swimming
- בריכה (brekhá)pool for swimming
Hindi तरणताल, स्वीमिंग पूल
- तरणताल (taraṇtāl)pool for swimming
- स्वीमिंग पूल (svīmiṅg pūl)pool for swimming
Hungarian úszómedence, uszoda
- úszómedencepool for swimming
- uszodaindoor facility for swimming
Icelandic sundlaug, laug
- sundlaugpool for swimming
- laugpool for swimming
- útilaugpool for swimming
- sundhöllindoor facility for swimming
- innilaugindoor facility for swimming
Indonesian kolam renang
- kolam renangpool for swimming
Irish linn snámha
- linn snámhapool for swimming
Italian piscina
- piscinapool for swimming
Japanese プール, スイミングプール
- プール (pūru)pool for swimming
- スイミングプール (suimingu pūru)pool for swimming
Korean 풀, 수영장
- 풀 (pul)pool for swimming
- 수영장 (suyeongjang)pool for swimming
Latin piscīna
- piscīnapool for swimming
Latvian baseins, peldbaseins
- baseinspool for swimming
- peldbaseinspool for swimming
Lithuanian baseinas, plaukimo baseinas
- baseinaspool for swimming
- plaukimo baseinaspool for swimming
Malay kolam renang
- kolam renangpool for swimming
Māori terenga
- terengapool for swimming
Norwegian Bokmål svømmebasseng, svømmehall
- svømmebassengpool for swimming
- svømmehallpool for swimming
- svømmehallindoor facility for swimming
Polish basen, pływalnia
- basenpool for swimming
- pływalniaindoor facility for swimming
Portuguese piscina
- piscinapool for swimming
Romanian piscină, bazin de înot
- piscinăpool for swimming
- bazin de înotpool for swimming
Russian бассе́йн, пла́вательный бассе́йн
- бассе́йн (basséjn)pool for swimming
- пла́вательный бассе́йн (plávatelʹnyj basséjn)pool for swimming
Scottish Gaelic amar-snàimh
- amar-snàimhpool for swimming
Slovak bazén
- bazénpool for swimming
Spanish piscina, piscina)
- piscinapool for swimming
- piscina)pool for swimming
- pileta de nataciónpool for swimming
Swahili bwawa la kuogelea
- bwawa la kuogeleapool for swimming
Swedish simbassäng, simhall
- simbassängpool for swimming
- simhallindoor facility for swimming
Tagalog palanguyan, pisina
- palanguyanpool for swimming
- pisinapool for swimming
Thai สระว่ายน้ำ
- สระว่ายน้ำ (sà-wâai-náam)pool for swimming
Turkish yüzme havuzu, havuz
- yüzme havuzupool for swimming
- havuzpool for swimming
Ukrainian басе́йн, пла́вальний басе́йн
- басе́йн (baséjn)pool for swimming
- пла́вальний басе́йн (plávalʹnyj baséjn)pool for swimming
Urdu سُوئِمِن٘گ پُول, نَہانے کا تالاب
- سُوئِمِن٘گ پُول (sūimiṅg pūl)pool for swimming
- نَہانے کا تالاب (nahāne kā tālāb)pool for swimming
Vietnamese hồ bơi, bể bơi
- hồ bơipool for swimming
- bể bơipool for swimming
Welsh pwll nofio
- pwll nofiopool for swimming
Yiddish באַסיין, שווימבאַסיין
- באַסיין (baseyn)pool for swimming
- שווימבאַסיין (shvimbaseyn)pool for swimming
Zulu ichibi lokubhukudela
- ichibi lokubhukudelapool for swimming
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swimming pool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swimming%20pool
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“swimming pool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swimming%20pool. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swimming pool,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swimming%20pool.
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