brackish water

English

Alternative forms

• brackishwater

Etymology

From brackish +‎ water.

Noun

brackish water (usually uncountable, plural brackish waters)

1. (hydrology) Water whose salinity falls between that of fresh water and that of seawater.
   • 2026 January 13, Ryan Geller, “A homeless Vallejo resident owns the city’s largest encampment. Now he’s pressured to evict his neighbors”, in Vallejo Sun‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 January 2026:

     White Slough is a large tidal wetland full of brackish water from the Napa River that flows into the city of Vallejo from under Highway 37.

Translations

water whose salinity falls between that of fresh water and that of seawater

• Danish: brakvand (da) n
• Finnish: murtovesi (fi)
• French: eau saumâtre (fr) f
• Georgian: მომლაშო წყალი (momlašo c̣q̇ali), ნაკლებად მარილიანი წყალი (naḳlebad mariliani c̣q̇ali)
• German: Brackwasser (de) n
• Indonesian: air payau (id)
• Japanese: 汽水 (ja) (kisui)
• Maltese: ilma salmastru m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brakkvann (no) n

  Nynorsk: brakkvatn n

• Romanian: apă salmastră (ro) f
• Spanish: agua salobre f
• Swedish: brackvatten (sv) n
• Tamil: உவர்நீர் (ta) (uvarnīr)
• Thai: น้ำกร่อย