aquarium

See also: Aquarium and aquàrium

English

A public aquarium.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂

Latin aqua

Latin -ārius

Latin aquārius

Latin aquāriumbor.

English aquarium

Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua +‎ -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius. Also claimed to be coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, as a blend of aquatic +‎ vivarium.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ə-kwârʹē-əm, IPA^(key): /əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/, /-ɛɹiəm/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

aquarium (plural aquaria or aquariums)

2. A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.

   Synonym: (informal) fish tank

4. A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.

Usage notes

The plural aquaria is generally considered more formal than aquariums.

Derived terms

• aquariumlike
• Macquarium
• nonaquarium
• seaquarium
• submarium

Translations

tank for keeping fish

• Albanian: akuarium (sq) m
• Arabic: حَوْض اَلسَّمَك m (ḥawḍ as-samak), أَكْوَارِيُوم m (ʔakwāriyum)
• Armenian: ակվարիում (hy) (akvarium)
• Azerbaijani: akvarium
• Belarusian: аква́рыум m (akváryum)
• Bengali: অ্যাকোয়ারিয়াম (êkōẇariẏam)
• Bulgarian: аква́риум (bg) m (akvárium)
• Burmese: ငါးမွေးကန် (nga:mwe:kan), ဖန်ရေကန် (hpanrekan)
• Catalan: aquàrium (ca) m, aquari (ca) m
• Central Dusun: akuarium
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魚缸 / 鱼缸 (zh) (yúgāng)

• Crimean Tatar: akvarium
• Czech: akvárium (cs) n
• Danish: akvarium (da) n
• Dutch: aquarium (nl) n
• Emilian: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: akvario (eo)
• Estonian: akvaarium
• Finnish: akvaario (fi)
• French: aquarium (fr) m
• Friulian: acuari m
• Georgian: აკვარიუმი (aḳvariumi)
• German: Aquarium (de) n
• Greek: ενυδρείο (el) n (enydreío)
• Hebrew: אקווריום / אַקְוַרְיוּם (he) m (akváryum)
• Hindi: जलजीवशाला (jaljīvśālā)
• Hungarian: akvárium (hu)
• Icelandic: fiskabúr (is) n
• Ido: aquario (io)
• Indonesian: akuarium (id)
• Irish: uisceadán m
• Italian: acquario (it) m
• Japanese: 金魚鉢 (ja) (kingyobachi) (bowl-shaped), 養魚鉢 (yōgyobachi); 水槽 (ja) (suisō) (box-shaped), アクアリウム (ja) (akuariumu)
• Kazakh: аквариум (akvarium)
• Khmer: អាងចិញ្ចឹមត្រី (ʼaang cəñcəm trəy)
• Korean: 어항(魚缸) (ko) (eohang) (bowl-shaped); 수조(水槽) (ko) (sujo) (box-shaped), 아쿠아리움 (akuarium)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: akwaryûm (ku) f, masîdank f

• Kyrgyz: аквариум (ky) (akvarium)
• Lao: ສວນສັດນ້ຳ (sūan sat nam), ອ່າງປາ (ʼāng pā)
• Latvian: akvārijs m
• Ligurian: acquâio m
• Lithuanian: akvariumas (lt) m
• Lombard: acquari m
• Macedonian: аквариум m (akvarium)
• Malay: akuarium
• Maori: kauranga ika
• Mongolian: аквариум (akvarium)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akvarium (no) n

  Nynorsk: akvarium n

• Persian: آبزیدان (fa) (âbzidân), آکواریوم (fa) (âkvâryum)
• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: akwarium (pl) n
• Portuguese: aquário (pt) m
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: acvariu (ro) n
• Russian: аква́риум (ru) m (akvárium)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: акваријум m, аквариј m

  Roman: akvarijum m, akvarij (sh) m

• Slovak: akvárium n
• Slovene: akvarij (sl) m inan
• Spanish: acuario (es) m, pecera (es) f
• Swedish: akvarium (sv) n
• Tagalog: pabiyay, isdaan
• Tajik: аквариум (akvarium), обзидон (obzidon)
• Thai: ตู้ปลา (dtûu-bplaa), อควอเรี่ยม (à-kwɔɔ-rîiam)
• Turkish: (box-shaped) akvaryum (tr), (bowl-shaped) fanus (tr)
• Turkmen: akwarium (tk)
• Ukrainian: аква́ріум (uk) m (akvárium)
• Urdu: مچھلی گھر m (machlī ghar)
• Uzbek: akvarium (uz)
• Vietnamese: bể cá
• Volapük: fitavatiär
• Yiddish: אַקוואַריום (akvaryum)

public place where live fish are exhibited

• Arabic: حَوْض اَلسَّمَك m (ḥawḍ as-samak)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: aquàrium (ca) m, aquari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水族館 / 水族馆 (zh) (shuǐzúguǎn)

• Czech: akvárium (cs) n
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: akvaario (fi)
• French: aquarium (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Aquarium (de) n
• Greek: ενυδρείο (el) n (enydreío)
• Hebrew: אקווריום / אַקְוַרְיוּם (he) m (akváryum)
• Irish: uisceadán m
• Italian: acquario (it) m
• Japanese: 水族館 (ja) (suizokukan), アクアリウム (ja) (akuariumu)
• Korean: 수족관(水族館) (ko) (sujokgwan), 아쿠아리움 (akuarium)
• Lao: ພິພິດທະພັນສັດນ້ຳ (phi phit tha phan sat nam)
• Malay: akuarium
• Maori: kauranga ika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akvarium (no) n

  Nynorsk: akvarium n

• Polish: akwarium (pl) n
• Portuguese: aquário (pt) m
• Romanian: acvariu (ro) n
• Russian: аква́риум (ru) m (akvárium)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: акваријум m, аквариј m

  Roman: akvarijum m, akvarij (sh) m

• Spanish: acuario (es) m, acuárium m
• Swedish: akvarium (sv) n
• Tagalog: pabiyay, isdaan
• Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ำ (pí-pít-tá-pan-sàt-náam), สถานแสดงพันธุ์สัตว์น้ำ (sà-tǎan-sà-dɛɛng-pan-sàt-náam)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: thủy cung, công viên thuỷ sinh
• Volapük: fitemavatiäröp

Further reading

• aquarium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aquārium. Influenced by English aquarium. Doublet of aker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈkʋaː.ri.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aqua‧ri‧um
• Rhymes: -aːriʏm

Noun

aquarium n (plural aquaria or aquariums, diminutive aquariumpje n)

1. aquarium
2. (obsolete) water basin, water tank

Derived terms

• zeeaquarium

Related terms

• aker

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aquārium. Doublet of évier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kwa.ʁjɔm/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: aquariums

Noun

aquarium m (plural aquariums)

1. aquarium
2. (slang) a clambake (an instance of smoking in an enclosed space)

Further reading

• “aquarium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkʷaː.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [äˈkʷäː.ri.um]

Adjective

aquārium

1. nominative neuter singular of aquārius

References

• "aquarium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)