plumbing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈplʌmɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ

Noun

plumbing (plural plumbings)

1. (uncountable) The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps and other fixtures of a water, gas or sewage system in a house or other building.
2. (uncountable) The trade or occupation of a plumber.
3. (uncountable, informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.

   My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor.

4. (countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.

Synonyms

• (genitourinary system): waterworks (informal)

Related terms

• plumb
• plumber

Translations

pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building

• Dutch: loodgieterswerk n
• Finnish: putkisto
• French: tuyauterie (fr) f, plomberie (fr) f
• German: Verrohrung (de) f, Rohrleitung (de) f
• Greek: υδραυλικά (idravliká) n pl
• Italian: impianto idraulico m, rubinetteria f

• Japanese: 配管 (ja) (haikan); (water systems) 上下水道設備 (ja) (jōge-suidō-setsubi)
• Macedonian: водовод (mk) (vódovod) m
• Portuguese: encanamento m
• Russian: сантехника (ru) (sant'éχnika) f
• Serbo-Croatian: vȍdovōd (sh) m
• Spanish: cañería (es) f

trade or occupation of a plumber

• Dutch: loodgieterswerk n
• French: plomberie (fr) f
• German: Klempnerei (de) f, Klempnerarbeit (de) f
• Greek: υδραυλικές εργασίες (idravlikés ergasíes) f pl
• Italian: lavoro di idraulico m

• Japanese: (trade) 配管業 (ja) (haikan-gyō); (occupation) 配管工 (ja) (haikan-kō)
• Macedonian: водоводџиство (mk) (vodovóddžistvo) n, водоинсталација (mk) (vodoinstalácija) f
• Spanish: fontanería f, plomería f

informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system

• Finnish: suolisto (fi), suolet (fi), ruoansulatus (fi)
• French: tuyauterie (fr) f

• German: Gedärm (de) n, Unterleib (de) m

a Murasugi sum

• French: plombage (fr) m

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 配管
• German: Klempnerarbeit f

• Korean: 배관공사

See also

• waterworks