reservoir

See also: Reservoir and réservoir

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɑɹ/, /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɔɹ/, /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vɔɹ/

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Noun

reservoir (plural reservoirs)

1. A place where anything is kept in store
2. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
3. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
4. A supply or source of something.
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5. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.

Derived terms

• receiving reservoir
• oil reservoir
• petroleum reservoir

Related terms

• reserve

Translations

place where anything is kept in store

• Czech: nádrž (cs) f
• Extremaduran: embalsi
• Finnish: varasto (fi)
• French: réservoir (fr) m
• Galician: depósito (gl) m (generic), cisterna f (closed and for liquid), tanque m (open/closed and for liquid), alxibe (gl) m (underground and for water), encalco m (artificial/natural in a river), encoro (gl) m (artificial/natural in a river), presa (gl) f (artificial river dam), represa f (artificial river dam), vaira f (artificial river dam)
• German: Reservoir (de) n
• Greek: δεξαμενή (el) f (dexamení)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: कोठी (koṭhī)
• Polish: rezerwuar (pl) m, zbiornik (pl) m
• Portuguese: reservatório (pt) m, barragem (pt) f (water dam)
• Romanian: rezervor (ro) n
• Russian: резервуа́р (ru) m (rezervuár), водоём (ru) m (vodojóm)
• Turkish: depo (tr), mahzen (tr), ambar (tr)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply

• Arabic: فِنْطَاس m (finṭās)
• Armenian: ջրամբար (hy) (ǰrambar)
• Belarusian: вадасхо́вішча n (vadasxóvišča)
• Bulgarian: язовир m (jazovir)
• Catalan: embassament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水库 (zh) (shuǐ kù)

• Czech: nádrž (cs)
• Dutch: stuwmeer (nl) n
• Extremaduran: embalsi
• Finnish: järvi (fi) (natural); tekojärvi (fi), tekoallas, patoallas (fi) (artificial); allas (fi) (either)
• French: réservoir (fr) m
• Galician: encoro (gl) m
• Georgian: წყალსაცავი (c̣q̇alsacavi)
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• German: Stausee (de) m
• Greek: υδροταμιευτήρας (el) m (ydrotamieftíras)

  Ancient Greek: δεξαμενή f (dexamenḗ)

• Hungarian: víztározó (hu)
• Italian: invaso (it) m
• Marathi: जलाशय (jalāśay)
• Polish: rezerwuar (pl), zbiornik (pl) m, akwen (pl) m
• Portuguese: reservatório (pt) m
• Romanian: rezervor (ro) n
• Russian: водохрани́лище (ru) n (vodoxranílišče)
• Spanish: embalse (es) m
• Turkish: rezerv (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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• Greenlandic: ^{(please verify)} taseq imeqarfik
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} represa (es) f, ^{(please verify)} depósito (es) m, ^{(please verify)} reserva (es) f, ^{(please verify)} alberca (es) f, ^{(please verify)} estanque (es) m

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French réservoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reː.zərˈvʋaːr/, /reː.zɛrˈvʋaːr/

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• Hyphenation: re‧ser‧voir

Noun

reservoir n (plural reservoirs, diminutive reservoirtje n)

1. reservoir

Derived terms

• waterreservoir