water

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.3 Verb 3.4 Anagrams 4 Italian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Limburgish 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Inflection

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English wæter, from Proto-Germanic *wat-, from heteroclitic r/n-stem Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (genitive *wednós (“‘of water’”)).

Cognates include German Wasser, Dutch water, Irish uisce, Russian вода (voda), Latin unda and Lithuanian vanduo.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"wO:t@(\r)/
• (US) enPR: wô'tər, IPA: /ˈwɔtɚ/, /ˈwɑtɚ/, SAMPA: /"wOt@`/, /"wAt@`/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: wa‧ter

  Rhymes: -ɔːtə(r)

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water (countable and uncountable; plural waters)

1. (uncountable) A clear liquid potable by humans and animals; the chemical H₂O.
2. (sometimes countable) Mineral water.

   Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.

3. (countable, often in plural) Spa water.

   Many people visit Bath to take the waters.

4. (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
5. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
6. (in plural) A sea belonging to particular country.

   The boat was found in within the territorial waters.

7. (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

8. (colloquial) Urine.
9. (British, in plural) amniotic fluid.

   Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break.

10. (North American, in singular) Amniotic fluid.

    Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks.

11. (figuratively, in plural or in singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
12. (countable) A serving of water.

    I would like to order a water

13. Tap water, or well/pump water, as opposed to bottled water.

    Do not drink the water.

14. (British, in combination, capitalised) Particular lakes in the lake district.

    That is Coniston Water.

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• See Wikisaurus:water

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to water (third-person singular simple present waters, present participle watering, simple past and past participle watered)

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

   Sally watered the roses.

2. (transitive) To provide (animals) with water.

   I need to go water the cattle.

3. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate.
4. (transitive) To dilute. Also 'water down'.

   Can you water the whisky, please?

5. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.

   Chopping onions makes my eyes water.

   The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.

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water (plural waters)

1. Colorless, odorless and flavourless liquid, the chemical H₂O
2. Kunsmatige vloeistof min of meer soos water.
3. (colloquial) Urine.
4. Any body of water, such as a river or a lake.
5. a disease, where water is accumulated
6. Waters: large quantity of water, inundation.

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water (past participle gewater)

1. urinate
2. secrete liquid

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /watɜr/, SAMPA: /wat3r/
• IPA: /'waːtər/, SAMPA: /"wa:t@r/

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water n. (plural waters, diminutive watertje, diminutive plural watertjes)

1. water

   Het water kookte. — The water boiled.

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waterbouwkunde waterig waterkering waterleiding

waterman watermeloen watermolen waterpas

waterput waterstof watertoren waterval

watervliegtuig watervrees grondwater

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water

1. (intransitive) First-person singular present tense of wateren.

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• tarwe

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• IPA: /vatɛr/, SAMPA: /vatEr/

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water m. inv.

1. water closet, toilet

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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wat- from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

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water n.

1. water
2. body of water

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Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural²	Diminutive singular²	Diminutive plural²
Nominative	water	watere	waeterke	waeterkes
Genitive	waters	watere	waeterkes	waeterkes
Locative	wateves	watevese	waeterke	waeterkes
Dative¹	watevem	?	?	?
Accusative¹	water	watere	?	?

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• Plural and diminutive only used for the meaning body of water.