English Explanatory Dictionary

fishery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
  2. A place related to fishing
  3. A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground (for example, a territorial one).
  4. A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
  5. A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
  6. A right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.
  7. A fishing company.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪʃəɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-fishery.wav

Word forms

fishery fisheries

Etymology

From fish + -ery.

Synonyms

fishing fishing ground fishing space piscary fish farm fishing right piscage

Derived words

codfishery crayfishery goldfishery nonfishery several fishery shellfishery silvofishery sportfishery swordfishery

Translations

Aromanian: piscãrilji Azerbaijani: balıqçılıq Bulgarian: риболов Bulgarian: риболовен район Chinese Mandarin: 漁業 /渔业 Chinese Mandarin: 水產業 /水产业 Danish: fiskeri Finnish: kalastus Finnish: kalatalous Finnish: kalapaikka Finnish: kalastusalue Finnish: kalavedet Finnish: apaja Finnish: kalankasvattamo Finnish: kalanviljelylaitos Finnish: kalankäsittelylaitos Finnish: kalatehdas French: pêcherie Galician: pesca Galician: pesqueira German: Fischerei Greek: ψάρεμα Greek: αλίευση Greek: αλιεία Greek: αλιευτική ζώνη Greek: ψαρότοπος Hindi: मत्स्य पालन Hungarian: halászat Hungarian: horgászat Hungarian: halászterület Hungarian: tanya Japanese: 漁業 Japanese: 水産業 Kazakh: балық аулау кәсібі Kazakh: балықшылық Korean: 어업 Korean: 수산업 Norwegian Bokmål: fiskeri Norwegian Nynorsk: fiskeri Polish: rybołówstwo Polish: łowisko Portuguese: pesca Portuguese: pesqueiro Romanian: pescărie Russian: рыболо́вство Tagalog: pangisdaan Turkish: balıkçılık Ukrainian: риба́льство Vietnamese: công nghiệp cá Vietnamese: nghề cá Vietnamese: ngư nghiệp Vietnamese: ngư trường Arabic: مَصْيَدَة Catalan: peixatera Irish: iascaireacht Welsh: pysgodfa Welsh: pysgodle
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