# phishing
## English
### Etymology

Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet. Compare other respelling slang like phat and phreak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
* Audio (US):(file)
    Homophone: fishing
* Rhymes: -ɪʃɪŋ

### Noun

phishing (uncountable)
* (computing) The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
    Hypernyms: spoofing; cybercrime; scam, fraud
    Hyponyms: smishing, vishing
    Holonym: social engineering
** 2025 March 11, Sunny Yadav, “US Cities Warn of Surge in Unpaid Parking Phishing Text Scams”, in eSecurity Planet‎:A growing number of U.S. cities are alerting residents to a widespread phishing scam involving fraudulent text messages about unpaid parking violations.
* The act of circumventing security with an alias.

#### Related terms

* phish
* phisher
* spearphishing

#### Translations
### Verb

phishing
* present participle and gerund of phish

## Czech
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɪʃɪŋk]

### Noun

phishing m inan
* phishing

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “phishing”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiʃiŋ/, [ˈfiʃiŋ]
* Rhymes: -iʃiŋ

### Noun

phishing (slang)
* phishing

#### Declension

Possessive forms of phishing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
phishingini
phishingini
accusative
nom.
phishingini
phishingini
gen.
phishingini
genitive
phishingini
phishingieni
partitive
phishingiäni
phishingejäni
inessive
phishingissäni
phishingeissäni
elative
phishingistäni
phishingeistäni
illative
phishingiini
phishingeihini
adessive
phishingilläni
phishingeilläni
ablative
phishingiltäni
phishingeiltäni
allative
phishingilleni
phishingeilleni
essive
phishinginäni
phishingeinäni
translative
phishingikseni
phishingeikseni
abessive
phishingittäni
phishingeittäni
instructive
comitative
—phishingeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
phishingisi
phishingisi
accusative
nom.
phishingisi
phishingisi
gen.
phishingisi
genitive
phishingisi
phishingiesi
partitive
phishingiäsi
phishingejäsi
inessive
phishingissäsi
phishingeissäsi
elative
phishingistäsi
phishingeistäsi
illative
phishingiisi
phishingeihisi
adessive
phishingilläsi
phishingeilläsi
ablative
phishingiltäsi
phishingeiltäsi
allative
phishingillesi
phishingeillesi
essive
phishinginäsi
phishingeinäsi
translative
phishingiksesi
phishingeiksesi
abessive
phishingittäsi
phishingeittäsi
instructive
comitative
—phishingeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
phishingimme
phishingimme
accusative
nom.
phishingimme
phishingimme
gen.
phishingimme
genitive
phishingimme
phishingiemme
partitive
phishingiämme
phishingejämme
inessive
phishingissämme
phishingeissämme
elative
phishingistämme
phishingeistämme
illative
phishingiimme
phishingeihimme
adessive
phishingillämme
phishingeillämme
ablative
phishingiltämme
phishingeiltämme
allative
phishingillemme
phishingeillemme
essive
phishinginämme
phishingeinämme
translative
phishingiksemme
phishingeiksemme
abessive
phishingittämme
phishingeittämme
instructive
comitative
—phishingeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
phishinginne
phishinginne
accusative
nom.
phishinginne
phishinginne
gen.
phishinginne
genitive
phishinginne
phishingienne
partitive
phishingiänne
phishingejänne
inessive
phishingissänne
phishingeissänne
elative
phishingistänne
phishingeistänne
illative
phishingiinne
phishingeihinne
adessive
phishingillänne
phishingeillänne
ablative
phishingiltänne
phishingeiltänne
allative
phishingillenne
phishingeillenne
essive
phishinginänne
phishingeinänne
translative
phishingiksenne
phishingeiksenne
abessive
phishingittänne
phishingeittänne
instructive
comitative
—phishingeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
phishinginsä
phishinginsä
accusative
nom.
phishinginsä
phishinginsä
gen.
phishinginsä
genitive
phishinginsä
phishingiensä
partitive
phishingiään phishingiänsä
phishingejään phishingejänsä
inessive
phishingissään phishingissänsä
phishingeissään phishingeissänsä
elative
phishingistään phishingistänsä
phishingeistään phishingeistänsä
illative
phishingiinsä
phishingeihinsä
adessive
phishingillään phishingillänsä
phishingeillään phishingeillänsä
ablative
phishingiltään phishingiltänsä
phishingeiltään phishingeiltänsä
allative
phishingilleen phishingillensä
phishingeilleen phishingeillensä
essive
phishinginään phishinginänsä
phishingeinään phishingeinänsä
translative
phishingikseen phishingiksensä
phishingeikseen phishingeiksensä
abessive
phishingittään phishingittänsä
phishingeittään phishingeittänsä
instructive
comitative
—phishingeineen phishingeinensä :

#### Synonyms

* verkkourkinta
* kalastelu

### Further reading

* “phishing”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfi.ʃĩ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfi.ʃĩɡ/
* Rhymes: -iʃĩ, -iʃĩɡ
* Hyphenation: phi‧shing

### Noun

phishing m (uncountable)
* (computer security) phishing (criminal activity consisting of sending unsolicited emails whose purpose is to induce the user to provide personal and/or financial data)

### Further reading

* “phishing”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “phishing”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiʃin/ [ˈfi.ʃĩn]
* Rhymes: -iʃin
* Syllabification: phi‧shing

### Noun

phishing m (uncountable)
* (computing) phishing
** 2013 April 17, “Revisa tu celular: estos son los países más afectados por el "malware"”, in CNN en Español‎:Los usuarios móviles también pueden ser engañados a través del llamado smishing; una combinación de las palabras SMS y phishing (donde un usuario recibe un mensaje de texto en el que se le pide información personal como un número de tarjeta de crédito o dirección de correo electrónico).(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

* According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.