estuary

English

Alternative forms

• æstuary (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aestuarium (“creek”, “estuary of a river”).

Noun

estuary (plural estuaries)

1. Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.
2. An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.

Derived terms

• Estuary English

Translations

place where ocean tides and river water merge

• Bulgarian: естуар (bg) (estuar) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 河口 (cmn) (hékǒu), 出海口 (cmn) (chūhǎikǒu), 入海口 (cmn) (rùhǎikǒu)

• Czech: ústí (cs) n
• Dutch: estuarium (nl)
• Faroese: ósi (fo) m, áarósi (fo) m
• Finnish: murtovesi (alue)
• French: estuaire (fr) m
• German: Meeresarm (de) m
• Hungarian: tölcsértorkolat (hu)

• Icelandic: ármynni (is) n, árós (is) f
• Italian: estuario (it) m
• Japanese: 河口 (ja) (かこう kakō)
• Malay: muara (ms)
• Maori: pūaha (mi), pūwaha (mi), pūahatanga (mi), wahapū (mi)
• Polish: ujście n
• Russian: эстуарий (ru) (estuárij) m, устье (ru) (úst’je) n
• Slovak: ústie (sk) n
• Spanish: estuario (es) m
• Welsh: aber (cy)