groundwater

See also: ground water

English

Alternative forms

• ground water

Etymology

From ground +‎ water.

Pronunciation

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Noun

groundwater (countable and uncountable, plural groundwaters)

1. Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.

Derived terms

• groundwater level

Translations

Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers

• Basque: lurpeko ura
• Bulgarian: подпочвена вода f (podpočvena voda)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 地下水 (dei⁶ haa⁶ seoi²)

  Mandarin: 地下水 (zh) (dìxiàshuǐ)

• Czech: podzemní voda (cs)
• Dutch: grondwater (nl) n
• Finnish: pohjavesi (fi)
• French: eau souterraine f
• Georgian: მიწისქვეშა წყალი (mic̣iskveša c̣q̇ali)
• German: Grundwasser (de) n

  Low German: Grundwater (nds) n (Schlewig-Holstein, Ostfriesland, Hamburg, Nordniedersachsen, Oldenburg-Bremen, Münsterland), Grundwaater (nds) n (Westwestphalia)

• Greek: εδαφικό νερό n (edafikó neró)
• Gujarati: ભૂગર્ભજળ (bhūgarbhajaḷ), ભૂજળ (bhūjaḷ)
• Hindi: भूजल (hi) (bhūjal)
• Indonesian: air tanah (id)
• Irish: screamhuisce
• Italian: acqua freatica f, falda acquifera (it) f
• Japanese: 地下水 (ja) (chikasui)
• Kannada: ಅಂತರ್ಜಲ (kn) (antarjala)
• Korean: 지하수 (ko) (jihasu)
• Malay: air tanah, air bawah tanah, air bumi
• Maltese: ilma tal-pjan m
• Maori: wainuku
• Marathi: भूजल n (bhūjal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grunnvann n, grunnvatn n

  Nynorsk: grunnvatn n

• Polish: woda gruntowa f
• Portuguese: água subterrânea f, água de poço f, água de poços f
• Romanian: apă subterană f, apă freatică f
• Russian: подзе́мные во́ды pl f (podzémnyje vódy), грунто́вая вода́ f (gruntóvaja vodá)
• Sicilian: farda (scn)
• Spanish: agua subterránea
• Sundanese: ᮎᮄ ᮒᮔᮩᮂ (cai taneuh)
• Swedish: grundvatten (sv) n
• Tagalog: tubig-lupa
• Thai: น้ำบาดาล (náam-baa-daan)
• Turkish: yeraltı suyu
• Vietnamese: nước ngầm

Further reading

• groundwater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia