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Etymology

From Old English wæter, from Proto-Germanic *wat-, from heteroclitic r/n-stem Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (genitive *wednós (“‘of water’”)).

Cognates include German Wasser, Dutch water, Irish uisce, Russian вода (voda), Latin unda and Lithuanian vanduo.

Pronunciation

Noun

water (1)

Singular water

Plural countable and uncountable; plural waters

water (countable and uncountable; plural waters)

  1. (uncountable) A clear liquid potable by humans and animals; the chemical H2O.
  2. (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
    Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.
  3. (countable, often in plural) Spa water.
    Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
  4. (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
  5. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  6. (in plural) A sea belonging to particular country.
    The boat was found in within the territorial waters.
  7. (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
  8. (colloquial) Urine.
  9. (British, in plural) amniotic fluid.
    Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break.
  10. (North American, in singular) Amniotic fluid.
    Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks.
  11. (figuratively, in plural or in singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
  12. (countable) A serving of water.
    I would like to order a water
  13. Tap water, or well/pump water, as opposed to bottled water.
    Do not drink the water.
  14. (British, in combination, capitalised) Particular lakes in the lake district.
    That is Coniston Water.

Synonyms

Verb

Infinitive to water

Third person singular waters

Simple past watered

Past participle watered

Present participle watering

to water (third-person singular simple present waters, present participle watering, simple past and past participle watered)

  1. (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
    Sally watered the roses.
  2. (transitive) To provide (animals) with water.
    I need to go water the cattle.
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate.
  4. (transitive) To dilute. Also 'water down'.
    Can you water the whisky, please?
  5. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
    Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
    The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.

Translations

to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants)
  • Kurdish: ئاودان
  • Macedonian: наводнува mk(mk) (navódnuva), полива mk(mk) (póliva), вади mk(mk) (vádi), вади mk(mk) (vádi), полива mk(mk) (póliva)
  • Norwegian: vanne no(no)
  • Polish: podlewać pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: regar pt(pt)
  • Romanian: uda ro(ro)
  • Russian: поливать ru(ru) (polivát’), полить ru(ru) (polít’)
  • Slovene: zalivati / zaliti
  • Spanish: regar es(es), aguar es(es)
  • Swedish: vattna sv(sv)
  • Turkish: sulamak tr(tr)
  • Volapük: vatön vo(vo)
  • West Frisian: wetter jaan
to provide (animals) with water
  • Italian: abbeverare it(it)
  • Norwegian: vanne no(no)
  • Polish: poić pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: dar água a
  • Romanian: adăpa ro(ro)
  • Russian: поить ru(ru) (poít’), напоить ru(ru) (napoít’)
  • Slovene: pojiti / napajati
  • Spanish: dar agua a
  • Swedish: vattna sv(sv)
  • Turkish: su vermek tr(tr)
colloquial: to urinate
dilute — see dilute to fill with or secrete water
  • German: tränen de(de)
  • Indonesian: menangis id(id)
  • Norwegian: gråte no(no), felle tårer no(no)
  • Turkish: sulanmak tr(tr)
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Breton: dourañ
  • Galician: augar
  • Guaraní: mbo'y
  • Hausa: zamzam
  • Interlingua: aquar, rigar
  • Lithuanian: laistyti
  • Tupinambá: mbo'y

Derived terms

terms derived from "water"

Afrikaans

Noun

water (plural waters)

  1. Colorless, odorless and flavourless liquid, the chemical H2O
  2. Kunsmatige vloeistof min of meer soos water.
  3. (colloquial) Urine.
  4. Any body of water, such as a river or a lake.
  5. a disease, where water is accumulated
  6. Waters: large quantity of water, inundation.

Verb

water (past participle gewater)

  1. urinate
  2. secrete liquid

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

water n. (plural waters, diminutive watertje, diminutive plural watertjes)

  1. water
    Het water kookte. — The water boiled.

Derived terms

Verb

water

  1. (intransitive) First-person singular present tense of wateren.

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

water m. inv.

  1. water closet, toilet

Limburgish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wat- from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Noun

water n.

  1. water
  2. body of water

Inflection

Inflection
Root singular Root plural² Diminutive singular² Diminutive plural²
Nominative water watere waeterke waeterkes
Genitive waters watere waeterkes waeterkes
Locative wateves watevese waeterke waeterkes
Dative¹ watevem ? ? ?
Accusative¹ water watere ? ?

 

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