Water

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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, German Wasser, Russian вода (voda).

Pronunciation

• wô'tə(r), /ˈwɔːtə(r)/, /"wO:t@(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.
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.

Translations

clear liquid H₂O

Afrikaans: water Albanian: ujë Arabic: ماء (māʔ) Aragones: aigua Asturian: agua Aymara: uma Azeri: su Basque: ur Bergamasco: ègua Bolognese: âcua Bosnian: voda Bresciano: aiva Breton: dour m (plural dourioù, doureier) Belarusian: вaдa Catalan: aigua f Chechen: khi, хи? Cherokee: ᎠᎹ (ama) Chinese Characters: 水 (Pinyin: shuǐ) Chinese: 水 (Pinyin: shuǐ) Czech: voda f Cornish: dowr m Danish: vand Dutch: water n Esperanto: akvo Estonian: vesi Faeroese: vatn Finnish: vesi French: eau f Frisian: wetter Galician: auga f, agua f German: Wasser n Greek, Ancient: ὕδωρ (hydor) Greek, Modern: νερό (neró) n Guarani: y Hawaiian: wai Hebrew: מים (mayim) m,plural Hindi: पानी (paanii) Hungarian: víz Icelandic: vatn Indonesian: air

Interlingua: aqua Irish: uisce Italian: acqua f Japanese: 水 (みず, mizu) Javanese: banyu Latin: aqua Latvian: ūdens Lithuanian: vanduo m Malay: air Maltese: ilma Manchu: muke Maori: wai Nahuatl: atl Norwegian: vannet Occitan: aiga Persian: آب (āb) Piedmonteis: eva Polish: woda f Portuguese: água f Romanian: apă f Romanica: aqua f Russian: вода (voda) Saami: čáhci Samoan: vai Slovak: voda f Somali: biyo, waraabin Spanish: agua f Sundanese: cai Swahili: maji Swedish: vatten Tagalog: tubig Tok Pisin: wara Tupinambá: 'y Turkish: su Tzotzil: voʻ Urdu:پانی (paani), آب (aab) Vietnamese: nước Volapük: vat Welsh: dŵr Zulu: amanzi

mineral water

Finnish: vesi, mineraalivesi Hebrew: מים מינרלים

Polish: woda (mineralna) f

spa water

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 Dutch: water geven Finnish: juottaa French: abreuver Italian: abbeverare

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

pour water into the soil surrounding (plants)

Catalan: regar Dutch: water geven, sproeien Finnish: kastella French: arroser German: 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
• German: gießen
• Guarani: mbo'y
• Interlingua: aquar, rigar
• Lithuanian: laistyti
• Norwegian: vanne
• Romanica: aquar, rigar
• Tupinambá: mbo'y
• Volapük: vatön

Derived terms

• make water
• water board
• water down
• waterfall
• water wheel

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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