Water

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 Transitive verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.5 Derived terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Intransitive verb

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English wæter . Cognates include wet, Greek ὕδωρ (hydor), Latin unda, wave, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (wato), German Wasser, Russian вода (voda).

Pronunciation

• wô'tə(r), /ˈwɔːtə(r)/, /"wO:t@(r)/

  Rhymes: -ɔːtə(r)

Noun

water (uncountable in most senses), plural waters

1. (uncountable) A clear liquid potable by humans and animals; the chemical H₂O, dihydrogen monoxide.
2. (sometimes countable) Mineral water.

   Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.

3. (countable, often in plural waters) Spa water.

   Many people visit Bath to take the waters.

4. (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
5. (in plural) A sea belonging to particular country.

   territorial waters

6. (in plural) Any body of water, such as a river or a lake.

   He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. Psalms 23:2

7. (colloquial) Urine.
8. (in plural) amniotic fluid

   Before the child is born, the pregnant woman's waters breaks

9. (in plural) a complex or difficult situation

   to fish in troubled waters

   to stir the waters

10. awkward position

    to get into deep water

11. (informal) trouble

    to be in hot water over ill-chosen words

Translations

clear liquid H₂O

Afrikaans: water Albanian: ujë Arabic: ماء (māʔ) Aragones : aigua Asturian: agua Aymara: uma Azeri: su Bambara: ji Basque: ur Bergamasco : ègua Binisayâ : tubig Bolognese : âcua Bosnian: voda Bresciano : aiva Breton: dour m (plural dourioù, doureier) Belarusian: вaдa (vada) f Bulgarian: вода (voda) f Burmese: ေရ (ye) Catalan: aigua f Chechen: (khi) Cherokee: ᎠᎹ (ama) Chinese: 水 (shŭi) Czech: voda f Cornish: dowr m Danish: vand Dutch: water n Esperanto: akvo Estonian: vesi Faeroese: vatn Farsi: آب (āb) Finnish: vesi French: eau f Frisian: wetter Galician: auga f German: Wasser n Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (wato) Greek, Ancient: ὕδωρ (hýdōr) Greek, Modern: νερό (neró) n Guarani: y Hawaiian: wai Hebrew: מים (mayim) m,plural Hindi: पानी (pānī) Hungarian: víz Icelandic: vatn Ido: aquo Indonesian: air Interlingua: aqua Irish: uisce m Italian: acqua f Japanese: 水 (みず , mizu) Javanese: banyu Khmer: ទឹក (tyk)

Klingon: bIQ Korean: 물 (mul) Kurdish (Kurmancî): av f Kurdish (Soranî): aw Kurdish (Zazakî): ab Latin: aqua f Latvian: ūdens m Lithuanian: vanduo m Lojban: djacu Luxembourgish: Waasser n Malay: air Malayalam: പയസ്സ് (payass) Maltese: ilma m Manchu: (muke) Maori: wai Maya: (ha') Middle High German: waʒʒer Nahuatl: atl Northern Saami : čáhci Norwegian: vann Occitan: aiga Old English: wæter n Old High German: waʒʒar Piedmonteis: eva Polish: woda f Portuguese: água f Quenya:  (nén) Romanian: apă f Romanica: aqua f Russian: вода (voda) f Samoan: vai Serbian: вода (voda) f Sindarin:  (nen) Slovak: voda f Slovene: voda f Somali: biyo , waraabin Spanish: agua f Sundanese : cai Swahili: maji 4, plural Swedish: vatten Tagalog: tubig Tamil: தண்ணீர் (taṇṇīr) Thai: นำ้ (nâm) Tok Pisin: wara Toki Pona: telo Tupinambá: 'y Turkish: su Tzotzil: vo' Urdu:پانی (pāni), آب (āb) Vietnamese: nước Volapük: vat Welsh: dwfr m, dŵr m Xhosa: amanzi 3, plural Yiddish: װאַסער (vaser) n Zulu: amanzi 3, plural

mineral water

Czech: minerálka mineraalwater n Finnish: vesi, mineraalivesi Galician: auga mineral f Hebrew: מים מינרלים

Polish: woda (mineralna) f Spanish: agua mineral f

spa water

Dutch: bronwater n, spawater n Finnish: kylpy

Polish: wody f pl

in alchemy

Finnish: vesi

Lithuanian: vanduo m Polish: woda f

waters: sea belonging to a particular country

Finnish: vedet pl

Polish: wody f pl

waters: a body of water

Finnish: vesi, vedet pl

Polish: woda f

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

• Slovene: voda f (4, 5, 6)

Transitive verb

to water (watered , watered)

1. To provide (animals) with water.

   I need to go water the cattle.

2. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

   Sally watered the plants.

3. (colloquial) To urinate.

Translations

provide (animals) with water

Catalan: donar aigua a Czech: napájet Dutch: water geven [[]]: jootma Finnish: juottaa French: abreuver German: tränken Italian: abbeverare

Polish: poić Portuguese: dar água a adăpa Spanish: dar agua a Swedish: vattna

pour water into the soil surrounding (plants)

Catalan: regar Czech: zalévat Dutch: water geven , sproeien Estonian: kastma Finnish: kastella French: arroser German: gießen , bewässern Italian: annaffiare

Polish: podlewać Portuguese: regar Romanian: uda Spanish: regar Swedish: vattna

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Breton: dourañ
• Esperanto: doni akvon
• Frisian: wetter jaan
• Galician: augar
• Guarani: mbo'y
• Interlingua: aquar , rigar
• Lithuanian: laistyti
• Norwegian: vanne
• Romanica: aquar , rigar
• Tupinambá: mbo'y
• Volapük: vatön

Derived terms

• make water
• water bailiff
• water bed
• water beetle
• water biscuit
• water board
• water boatman
• water buffalo
• water closet
• water colour
• water cooler
• watercourse
• water diviner
• water down
• water dropwort
• water equivalent
• waterfall
• water fowl , waterfowl
• water gate
• water hemlock
• water hole
• water hyacinth
• watering can
• water line
• waterlog
• water meadow
• water melon
• water mill
• water mocassin
• water nymph
• water of crystallisation
• water pistol
• water polo
• water power
• waterproof
• watershed
• water softener
• water spout
• water table
• watertight
• water vole
• water wheel
• water wings

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA : /'waːtər/

SAMPA:/wat3r/

Noun

water n (Plural: waters, Diminutive: watertje , Plural diminutive watertjes )

1. water

Intransitive verb

water

1. (first-person singular present tense of wateren ) pee, urinate