pescetarian

English

Etymology

Blend of Italian pesce (“fish”) +‎ vegetarian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛskɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌpɛsɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌpɛskəˈtɛəɹi.ən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛskɪˈtɛɹi.ən/, /ˌpɛsɪˈtɛɹi.ən/, /ˌpɛskəˈtɛɹi.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
• Hyphenation: pes‧ce‧ta‧ri‧an

Noun

pescetarian (plural pescetarians)

1. A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood. [c. 1990]
   • 1999 March 26, Jessica R. Shawl, “‘Vegetarians’???”, in rec.food.veg‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <36FBD2DB.8237C15@scdt.intel.com>:

     I'm curious what you do when you encounter a friend, family member, whoever who claims to be a "vegetarian who eats fish". It *really* bothers me when this happens because it contributes to the assumption that I eat fish and I don't, because I am a vegetarian. I feel like it gives all vegetarians a bad name. Do you correct them? Do you not bother? And how do you correct them? I was thinking that saying something like "oh, you mean your^[sic] a pescetarian" would be ok and give them the appropriate term. Speaking of which, how is "pescetarian" pronounced?

   • 2004, Pierre Jean Cousin, Kirsten Hartvig, The Complete Guide to Nutritional Health: More Than 600 Foods and Recipes for Overcoming Illness and Boosting your Immunity, London: Duncan Baird Publishers, →ISBN, page 149:

     Eat for Immunity follows a plant-based approach to improving immunity that is relevant to every style of eating—carnivore, pescetarian, vegetarian and vegan.

   • 2006, Ayun Halliday, Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste, Emeryville, Calif.: Seal Press, →ISBN, page 151:

     "Why don't you just tell people you're a pescetarian?" a vegetarian I met recently asked, cutting me off midapologia for my beat-up leather jacket and my callow habit of behaving as if fish are neurologically no more complex than eggplants.

Alternative forms

• pescatarian
• piscetarian

Synonyms

• pescovegetarian
• fishetarian
• vegaquarian

Derived terms

• pescetarianism

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: pescetarià m, pescetariana f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (rare) 魚素者 / 鱼素者 (yúsùzhě)

• Finnish: pescovegetaristi (fi), kala-kasvissyöjä
• French: pescétarien (fr), pesco-végétarien (fr)
• German: Pescetarier (de) m, Pescetarierin f
• Italian: pescetariano (it)
• Portuguese: pescetariano m, piscitariano m, peixetariano m
• Russian: пескетариа́нец (ru) m (pesketariánec)
• Spanish: pescetariano m, pescetariana f
• Turkish: pesketaryen, pesketeryen
• Welsh: pysglysieuwr m

See also

• flexitarian
• meatatarian
• piscivore (scientific)
• pollotarian
• seagan
• vegetarian

Adjective

pescetarian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to pescetarianism.

   pescetarian diet

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: pescovegetaarinen, pescovegetaristinen (fi), kala-kasvissyöjä-, kala-kasvissyönti-
• German: pescetarisch (de)
• Polish: wegetarianin jedzący ryby m (not idiomatic), wegetarianka jedzący ryby f (not idiomatic)

Further reading

• pescetarian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Paul McFedries (2003 September 17) “pescetarian”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited, retrieved 4 June 2017.
• Google Trends comparison of the usage of the 3 spelling variations (pescatarian, pescetarian, and piscetarian), using data from web searches (globally) of each variation since January 2004 (start of dataset) to current date.

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