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see|wáter
wikipedia|dab=water (disambiguation)|water
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rank|next|poor|present|259|water|stood|large|within

Etymology
From OE. term|wæter|lang=ang, from proto|Germanic|wat-, West Germanic *watar, from proto|Indo-European|wodr̥ (genitive *wedn-ós "of water") < PIE verb root *wed-.

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian weter, Old Saxon watar (Dutch water), Old High German wazzar (German Wasser), Old Norse term|vatn|langnon (Swedish term|vatten|langsv), Gothic ����.

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit �न�द�, Greek �δ��, Common Slavic *voda (Old Church Slavonic term|scCyrl|вода|trvoda|langcu, Polish term|woda|lanpl), Lithuanian term|vanduo|langlt, Latin term|unda|langla, Irish uisce, Hittite term|����|trw�tar|langhit.

(PIE also had animate synonyms, *h�ekʷeh� and *h�ep- , which are the sources of Latin aqua and Persian FAchar|آب (âb) respectively.)

May be a cognate of the Uralic root *wete, cf. vesi, víz.

Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/�w��t�/, SAMPA|/"wO:t@/
a|US enPR|wô't�(r), IPA|/�w��t�/, /�w��t�/, SAMPA|/"wO:t@`/, /"wA:t@`/
audio|en-us-water.ogg|Audio (US)

Hyphenation: wa·ter

Noun
wikipedia
Image:Stilles Mineralwasser.jpg|thumb|water (1)
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable A clear liquid potable by humans and animals; the chemical H<small>₂</small>O.
2. context|sometimes|countable Mineral water.

#: Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.

1. context|countable|often in plural spa|Spa water.

#: Many people visit Bath to take the waters.

1. alchemy One of the four basic elements.
2. context|India and Japan One of the five basic elements (see w:Classical_element|Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
3. context|in plural A sea belonging to particular country.

#: The boat was found in within the territorial waters.

1. context|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

1. colloquial urine|Urine.
2. context|UK|in plural amniotic fluid.

#: Before the child is born, the pregnant woman�s waters break.

1. context|US|in singular Amniotic fluid.

#: Before the child is born, the pregnant woman�s water breaks.

1. context|in plural A complex or difficult situation.

#: To fish in troubled waters.
#: To stir the waters.

1. Awkward position or circumstance; trouble.

#: To get into deep water.
#: To be in hot water over ill-chosen words.

1. countable A serving of water.

:: I would like to order a water

Synonyms
See Wikisaurus:water''

Translations
trans-top|clear liquid H₂O
Afrikaans: t+|af|water|xs=Afrikaans
Albanian: t|sq|ujë|xs=Albanian
Alsatian/Alemannic: Wasser n
Arabic: Arab|�اء unicode|(m��) m

Aramaic:

Aragonese: aigua
Armenian: Õ»Õ¸Ö�Ö� (djur)
Asturian: agua
Aymara: uma
Azeri: su#Azeri|su
Bambara: ji
Basque: t-|eu|ur|xs=Basque
Belarusian: вада (vadá) f
Bengali: BNchar|�ল
Bergamasco: ègua
Binisayâ: tubig
Bolognese: âcua
Bosnian: t-|bs|voda|f
Bresciano: aiva
Breton: t+|br|dour|m|xsBreton (p t|br|dourioù|xsBreton, t|br|doureier|xs=Breton)
Bulgarian: t+|bg|вода|f|trvodá|scCyrl
Burmese: �� (ye)
Catalan: t+|ca|aigua|f
Chechen: �и (khi)
Cherokee: �� (ama)
Chinese: 水 (shu�)
Cornish: dowr m
Cree: ���, nîpîy
Croatian: t+|hr|voda|f
Czech: t+|cs|voda|f
Danish: t+|da|vand
Dutch: t+|nl|water|n
Egyptian: unicode|m�
Esperanto: t+|eo|akvo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|vesi
Faroese: t-|fo|vatn|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|vesi
French: t+|fr|eau|f
Frisian: wetter#Frisian|wetter
Galician: auga f
Georgian: ����� (ts�qali)
German: t+|de|Wasser|n
Gothic: ���� (wato)
Greek

Guaraní: y#Guarani|y
Hawaiian: tø|haw|wai|xs=Hawaiian
Hebrew: ��� (mayim) m|p
Hindi: पान� (p�nī), �ल (jal), �प (�p), �ब (�b)
Hittite: t|hit|����|tr=w�tar
Hungarian: t+|hu|víz
Icelandic: t+|is|vatn|n
Ido: t+|io|aquo|xs=Ido
Ilocano: danom
Igbo: mmiri
Indonesian: t+|id|air|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: aqua
Inuktitut: ���
Irish: t-|ga|uisce|m|xs=Irish
Isthmus Zapotec: nisa
Italian: t+|it|acqua|f
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Japanese: 水 (��, mizú)
Javanese: banyu
Khmer: KMchar|��� (tyk)
Korean: 물 (mul)
Kuna: di
Kurdish:

Ladin: ega italbrac|Cazét, aga italbrac|Brach
Lakota: mni
Latin: t+|la|aqua|f
Latvian: Å«dens m
Lithuanian: t-|lt|vanduo|m|xs=Lithuanian
Lojban: djacu
Luxembourgish: Waasser n
Macedonian: вода (voda)
Malagasy: rano
Malay: t-|ms|air|xs=Malay
Malayalam: �ല� (jalam) വ�ള�ള� (vellam)�
Maléku Jaíka: tí
Maltese: t-|mt|ilma|m|xs=Maltese
Manchu: (muke)
Maori: t+|mi|wai|xs=Maori
Marathi: पाण� (p�ni), �ल (jal)
Mayan: (ha�)
Middle High German: unicode|wa��er
Miskito: li
Nahuatl: atl
Navajo: tó
Nepali: पान� (paani),�ल (jal)
Norwegian (bokmål): vann n
Norwegian (nynorsk): vatn n
Novial: aque
Occitan: aiga
Ojibwe: nibi i|inanimate
Old Church Slavonic: вода#Old Church Slavonic|вода (vodá) f
Old English: wæter n; ea#Old English|�a
Old High German: unicode|wa��ar
Old Norse: vatn
Old Swedish: vätur
Persian: fa-Arab|آب (âb)
Piemontese: eva
Pitjantjatjara: kapi, mina
Polish: t+|pl|woda|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|água|f
Rohingya: faní
Romanian: t+|ro|ap�|f
Romani: paji
Russian: t+|ru|вода|f|trvodá|scCyrl
Saami, Northern: �áhci
Samoan: vai
Sanskrit: �ल (jal), ��ब (amba)
Sardinian (Campidanese): àcua f
Sardinian (Nugorese): abba f
Saxon, Old: watar
Scottish Gaelic: uisge m
Serbian:

Sindarin: ��� (nen)
Slovak: t-|sk|voda|f
Slovene: t+|sl|voda|f
Somali: biyo, waraabin
Spanish: t+|es|agua|f
Sundanese: cai
Swahili: t-|sw|maji|p|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|vatten|n
Tagalog: tubig
Tahitian: pape
Tamazight: aman m|p
Tamil: தண�ண�ர� unicode|(ta��īr)
Telugu: t|te|న�ర�|scTelu (neeru), t|te|�లమ�|scTelu (jalamu)
Tetum: bee
Thai: THchar|��ำ (nâm)
Tok Pisin: wara
Tupinambá: 'y
Turkish: t+|tr|su
Tzotzil: vo'
Tz'utujil: ya'|ya�
Ukrainian: t+|uk|вода|f|trvodá|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
Urdu: ur-Arab|پا�� (p�ni), ur-Arab|آب (�b)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|nư�c|xs=Vietnamese
Volapük: vat#Volapük|vat
Welsh: dŵr m
Xhosa: amanzi p
Yiddish: װ�ַסער (vaser) n
Zazaki: ab
Zulu: amanzi p
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trans-top|mineral water
Bosnian: kisela voda, mineralna voda f
Czech: t-|cs|minerálka|f
Dutch: t-|nl|mineraalwater|n
Finnish: t|fi|kivennäisvesi, t+|fi|vesi, t-|fi|mineraalivesi
Galician: auga mineral f
Greek: t|el|με�αλλικ� νε��|n|sc=Grek (metallikó neró)
Hebrew: ��� ��נר��� (mayim mineralim) m|p
Hungarian: t-|hu|ásványvíz
Italian: acqua minerale f
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Polish: woda (mineralna) f
Portuguese: água mineral f
Russian: мине�ал�на� вода (minerál�naja vodá) f
Serbian:

Spanish: agua mineral f
Swedish: t-|sv|mineralvatten|n
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trans-top|spa water
Chinese: 礦�水, ��水 (kuàngquánshu�)
Dutch: t-|nl|bronwater|n, t-|nl|spawater|n
Finnish: t+|fi|kylpy
Italian: t+|it|acqua|f|p|alt=acque
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Polish: t-|pl|wody|f|p
Russian: t-|ru|вод�|f|p|trvódy|scCyrl
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trans-top|in alchemy
Finnish: t+|fi|vesi
French: t+|fr|eau|f
Irish: t-|ga|uisce|m|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|acqua|f
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Lithuanian: t-|lt|vanduo|m|xs=Lithuanian
Polish: t+|pl|woda|f
Russian: t+|ru|вода|f|trvodá|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: uisge m
Slovene: t+|sl|voda|f
Swedish: t+|sv|vatten|n
Welsh: dŵr m
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trans-top|waters: sea belonging to a particular country
Arabic: t-|ar|��ا�|sc=Arab
Dutch: t-|nl|wateren|p
Finnish: t-|fi|vedet|p
Greek: t-|el|θαλά��ια �δα�α|n|p|trthalasia idata|scGrek, t+|el|θάλα��α|f|trthalasa|scGrek
Italian: t+|it|acqua|f|p|alt=acque
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Polish: t-|pl|wody|f|p
Russian: t-|ru|вод�|f|p|trvódy|scCyrl
Slovene: vode f|p
Swedish: t+|sv|vatten|n|p
Telugu: �లాల� (jalaalu)
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trans-top|waters: a body of water
Dutch: t-|nl|wateren|p
Finnish: t+|fi|vesi, t-|fi|vedet|p
Italian: t+|it|acque|f|p
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Polish: t+|pl|woda|f
Russian: t-|ru|вод�|f|p|trvódy|scCyrl
Slovene: vode f|p
Swedish: t+|sv|vatten|n
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trans-top|urine
Finnish: t+|fi|vesi, t+|fi|kusi (colloquial)
Italian: t+|it|acqua|f
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trans-top|amniotic fluid; in plural
Italian: t+|it|acqua|f|p|alt=acque
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trans-top|amniotic fluid; in singular
Finnish: t|fi|lapsivesi
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trans-top|difficult situation; in plural
Italian: t+|it|acqua|f|p|alt=acque
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trans-top|trouble; in singular
Finnish: t+|fi|kusi
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trans-top|bottle or glass of water
Finnish: t+|fi|vesi|alt=vettä
Italian: minerale f, bottiglia d'#Italian|d' acqua f i|bottle; bicchiere|bicchier d'#Italian|d' acqua m i|glass
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

#: Sally watered the roses.

1. transitive To provide (animals) with water.

#: I need to go water the cattle.

1. context|transitive|colloquial To urinate.
2. intransitive (Of eyes) to fill with tears due to irritation, pain etc.

#: Chopping onions makes my eyes water.

Translations
trans-top|to provide (animals) with water
Catalan: donar aigua a
Czech: t-|cs|napájet
Dutch: t-|nl|water geven
Esperanto: t-|eo|doni akvon|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: jootma
Finnish: t-|fi|juottaa
French: t+|fr|abreuver
German: t-|de|tränken
Italian: t-|it|abbeverare
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Norwegian: t-|no|vanne
Polish: t-|pl|poi�
Portuguese: dar água a
Romanian: t-|ro|ad�pa
Russian: пои�� / напои�� (poít�, napoít�)
Slovene: pojiti / napajati
Spanish: dar agua a
Swedish: t-|sv|vattna
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trans-top|to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants)
Arabic: t-|ar|س��|sc=ARchar
Catalan: regar
Czech: t-|cs|zalít, t-|cs|zalévat
Dutch: t-|nl|water geven, t-|nl|sproeien
Estonian: kastma
Finnish: t+|fi|kastella
French: t+|fr|arroser
Frisian: wetter jaan
German: t+|de|gie�en, t+|de|bewässern
Icelandic: t-|is|vökva
Indonesian: siram
Interlingua: aquar
Italian: t+|it|annaffiare
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Kurdish: KUchar|ئا�دا�
Norwegian: t-|no|vanne
Polish: t-|pl|podlewa�
Portuguese: t+|pt|regar
Romanian: t-|ro|uda
Russian: полива�� / поли�� (polivát�, polít�)
Slovene: zalivati / zaliti
Spanish: regar#Portuguese|regar
Swedish: t-|sv|vattna
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trans-top|to urinate
Finnish: t-|fi|virtsata
French: t+|fr|uriner
German: t-|de|Harn lassen, t+|de|urinieren
Icelandic: t-|is|pissa
Indonesian: kencing, buang air kecil
Interlingua: urinar
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Italian: t+|it|pisciare, t-|it|urinare
Swedish: t-|sv|ge vatten
Spanish: t-|es|orinar
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trans-top|to fill with tears due to irritation, pain etc.
Finnish: t-|fi|kostua, t-|fi|vuotaa, t-|fi|kyynelehtiä
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ttbc|Breton: dourañ
ttbc|Galician: augar
ttbc|Guaraní: mbo'y
ttbc|Hausa: zamzam
ttbc|Interlingua: aquar, rigar
ttbc|Lithuanian: laistyti
ttbc|Tupinambá: mbo'y
ttbc|Volapük: vatön
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Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "water"
deep water
hot water
make water
mop water
reticulated water
water bailiff
water bed
water beetle
water biscuit
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water boatman
water buffalo
water closet
watercolour, watercolor
water cooler
watercourse
water diviner
water down
water dropwort
water equivalent
waterfall
water fowl, waterfowl
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water hemlock
water-hole
water hyacinth
watering can
water line
waterlog
water-meadow
watermelon
water mill
water mocassin
water nymph
water of crystallisation
water pistol
water polo
water power
waterproof
watershed
water softener
waterspout
water table
watertight
water under the bridge
water vole
water wheel
water wings
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Category:100 English basic words
Category:Water|

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/wat�r/, SAMPA|/"wa:t@r/
IPA|/'wa�t�r/, SAMPA|/wat3r/

Noun
nl-noun|gn|waters|watertje|dimplwatertjes

1. #English|water

#: Het water kookte. &mdash; The water boiled.

Derived terms
watermolen
waterstof
waterval

Verb
infl|nl|verb form

1. intransitive form of|First-person singular present tense|wateren

Italian

Pronunciation
IPA|/vat�r/

Noun
it-noun|water|m||

1. #English|toilet

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• 2007-12-31 17:09 - Keene - /* Noun */ last defn: "A [[serving]] of water." souds better

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