pisces

Other forms of pisces

plural

pisceses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pisces

What does pisces mean?

pisces means "the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pisces?

pisces has 2 syllables: pi-sces. The stress falls on "pi". In IPA it is /ˈpaɪsiz/.

What is another word for pisces?

Close synonyms include Pisces the Fishes, Fish, Fish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pisces a common word?

pisces is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.