waterproof

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Etymology

water +‎ -proof

Adjective

waterproof (comparative more waterproof, superlative most waterproof)

1. Unaffected by water.
2. Made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in.

Translations

unaffected by water

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 防水 (cmn) (fángshuǐ)

• Danish: vandfast (da)
• Finnish: vedenkestävä (fi)
• French: résistant à l'eau
• German: wasserfest (de)
• Greek: αδιάβροχος (el) (adiávrochos)

• Hungarian: vízhatlan (hu)
• Irish: uiscedhíonach (ga)
• Japanese: 防水の (ja) (ぼうすいの, bōsui-no)
• Malay: kalis air (ms), kedap air (ms), waterpruf (ms)
• Polish: wodoodporny (pl)
• Russian: водонепроницаемый (ru) (vodonepronicájemyj), водостойкий (ru) (vodostójkij), водоупорный (ru) (vodoupórnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: uisge-dhìonach (gd)

made or covered with material that doesn't let water in

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 防水 (cmn) (fángshuǐ)

• Czech: vodotěsný (cs)
• Danish: vandtæt (da), imprægneret (da)
• Finnish: vedenpitävä (fi), vesitiivis (fi)
• French: waterproof (fr), étanche (fr), imperméable (fr)
• German: wasserdicht (de), wasserfest (de)
• Greek: αδιάβροχος (el) (adiávrochos)

• Icelandic: vatnsheldur (is)
• Irish: uiscedhíonach (ga)
• Japanese: 防水の (ja) (ぼうすいの, bōsui-no)
• Russian: водонепроницаемый (ru) (vodonepronicájemyj), непромокаемый (ru) (nepromokájemyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: uisge-dhìonach (gd)
• Spanish: impermeable (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: impermeabile (it)
• Korean: 방수의 (ko)
• Portuguese: impermeável (pt)
• Swedish: vattentät (sv)

Verb

waterproof (third-person singular simple present waterproofs, present participle waterproofing, simple past and past participle waterproofed)

1. To make waterproof or water-resistant.

Translations

to make waterproof or water-resistant

• Danish: imprægnere (da)
• Finnish: tiivistää (fi), vesitiivistää (fi), kosteussuojata (fi)
• French: étanchéifier (fr)

• Japanese: 防水加工する (ja) (bousui-kakō suru)
• Spanish: impermeabilizar (es)

Noun

waterproof (plural waterproofs)

1. A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water.
2. Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; especially, an outer garment made of such material.

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Etymology

English

Adjective

waterproof (invariable)

1. waterproof (all senses)

Synonyms

• impermeabile