reservoir

See also Reservoir, and réservoir

English

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Etymology

From French réservoir, from réserver (“to reserve, keep”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"rEz.@.vwA:(r)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɹɛzəvwɔɹ/, X-SAMPA: /"rEz@vwOr/

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Noun

reservoir (plural reservoirs)

1. A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts.
2. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
3. A supply or source of something.

Derived terms

• water reservoir
• receiving reservoir
• oil reservoir
• petroleum reservoir

Related terms

• reserve

Translations

place where anything is kept in store

• Czech: nádrž (cs) f
• French: réservoir (fr) m
• Galician: encoro (gl) m
• German: Reservoir (de) n
• Greek: δεξαμενή (el) (dexamení) f
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• Polish: rezerwuar (pl) m, zbiornik (pl) m
• Portuguese: reservatório (pt) m
• Russian: резервуар (ru) (rezervuár) m, водоём (ru) (vodojóm) m
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

place behind a dam where water is collected

• Armenian: ջրամբար (hy) (ǰrambar)
• Bulgarian: язовир (bg) (jazovir) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水库 (cmn) (shuǐ kù)

• Czech: nádrž (cs)
• Dutch: stuwmeer (nl) n
• Finnish: tekojärvi (fi), tekoallas (fi)

• French: réservoir (fr) m
• German: Stausee (de) m
• Greek: υδροταμιευτήρας (el) (ydrotamieftíras) m
• Italian: invaso (it) m
• Polish: rezerwuar (pl), zbiornik (pl) m
• Russian: водохранилище (ru) (vodoxranílišče) n

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Translations to be checked

• Greenlandic: taseq imeqarfik
• Romanian: rezervor m
• Spanish: represa f, depósito m, reserva f, alberca f, estanque m