Meaning & use
a Pisces
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Meanings
nouncountable
A person born between about February 19 and March 20, whose star sign is Pisces.
Grammar: Countable when it means one person: a Pisces, two Pisces. The plural is usually written the same, without -es added again.
Patterns
- be a Pisces
- a typical Pisces
My sister is a Pisces, so her birthday falls in early March.
He told me he's a Pisces and that he cries at sad movies.
Both of my roommates are Pisces, which they think explains a lot.
noununcountable
The twelfth sign of the zodiac, pictured as two fish, and the group of stars linked with it.
Grammar: No article when you talk about the sign itself: born under Pisces, the sign of Pisces.
Patterns
- under Pisces
- the sign of Pisces
- Pisces is the sign of...
Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac and is linked with water.
People born under Pisces are said to be imaginative and kind.
In astrology, Pisces covers late February and most of March.
Common combinations
- a typical Pisces
- She's a typical Pisces — dreamy and a bit disorganized.
- born under Pisces
- My grandfather was born under Pisces, though he never believed in it.
- the sign of Pisces
- The sign of Pisces is represented by two fish.
- Pisces rising
- His chart says Pisces rising, which supposedly makes him sensitive.
Synonyms and how they differ
- Fish
- An informal nickname for this sign; it is not used in careful writing and only makes sense to people who follow astrology.
Word family
- Piscean adjective
- Relating to Pisces or to people born under it, as in 'his Piscean calm.'
Commonly confused: a Pisces or Pisces? a Pisces or pisces?
a Pisces vs Pisces
The same word without 'a': use 'a Pisces' for one person, and plain 'Pisces' for the sign or the constellation.
a Pisces vs pisces
Not a separate word — it is just this name written without a capital letter, which is considered a spelling mistake.
Practice
Which sentence uses the word correctly?
Choose one answer.
'A Pisces' is the natural way to describe one person whose sign is Pisces. Option 0 drops the article, which sounds incomplete in this pattern; option 2 wrongly adds -s to the month; option 3 uses 'the,' which suggests one particular person already mentioned.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “a Pisces”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.