Fishy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

of or relating to or resembling fish

not as expected

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɪʃi/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɪʃi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɪʃi/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈɪʃi/.

Examples

the soup had a fishy smell
there was something fishy about the accident
up to some funny business

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

suspicious shady funny suspect

Parts of Speech

adjective	of or relating to or resembling fish “the soup had a fishy smell”
adjective	not as expected “there was something fishy about the accident”

Word Forms

fish	noun	any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
suspiciousness	noun	being of a suspicious nature

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

fischig

von Fischen, von Fischen, die sich auf Fische beziehen oder ihnen ähneln

🇫🇷French

de poisson

de ou se rapportant à ou ressemblant à un poisson

🇪🇸Spanish

sospechoso

de o relacionado con o parecido a un pez

🇮🇹Italian

sospetto

di o relativi a o somiglianti a pesci

🇳🇱Dutch

visachtig

van of betrekking hebbend op of lijkend op vis

🇵🇹Portuguese

duvidoso

de ou relacionado com ou semelhante a peixe

🇷🇺Russian

подозрительный

относящийся к рыбе или напоминающий ее

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मछली का

या मछली से संबंधित या उसके समान

🇧🇩Bengali

মাছযুক্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

மீன்வகை

மீன் அல்லது தொடர்புடையது அல்லது ஒத்திருக்கிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

చేపలుగల

చేపలకు సంబంధించినది లేదా పోలి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

मासेयुक्त

माशाशी संबंधित किंवा त्यासारखे

🇮🇳Gujarati

માછલી જેવું

માછલીનું અથવા તેનાથી સંબંધિત અથવા તેના જેવું લાગે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೀನಿನಂಥ

ಮೀನಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಅಥವಾ ಹೋಲುವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മത്സ്യം

മത്സ്യവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടതോ സാമ്യമുള്ളതോ ആയ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੱਛੀ

ਦਾ ਜਾਂ ਇਸ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਜਾਂ ਮੱਛੀ ਵਰਗਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

مچھلی والا

مچھلی سے متعلق یا اس سے مشابہت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

腥

属于鱼的、关于鱼的或类似的

🇯🇵Japanese

胡散臭い

魚の、魚に関する、または魚に似た

🇰🇷Korean

수상한

물고기와 관련이 있거나 물고기와 유사하거나 유사한 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tanh

thuộc, liên quan tới hoặc giống cá

🇹🇭Thai

คาว

ของหรือเกี่ยวข้องกับหรือคล้ายปลา

🇮🇩Indonesian

mencurigakan

dari atau berkaitan dengan atau menyerupai ikan

🇵🇭Filipino

malansa

ng o nauugnay sa o kahawig ng isda

🇲🇾Malay

hanyir

daripada atau berkaitan dengan atau menyerupai ikan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مريب

من أو تتعلق أو تشبه الأسماك

🇮🇷Persian

ماهی

مربوط به ماهی یا شبیه آن

🇹🇷Turkish

şüpheli

balıkla ilgili veya balıkla ilgili veya ona benzeyen

🇮🇱Hebrew

חָשׁוּד

של דגים או קשורים או דומים להם

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