sewage

English

Etymology

From sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) +‎ -age or from sew (“to drain or draw off water”) + -age.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ɪd͡ʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːɪdʒ

Noun

sewage (countable and uncountable, plural sewages)

1. A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.

   Untreated sewage can pollute rivers.

   The city invested in a modern sewage system.

2. (obsolete) sewerage.

Synonyms

• wastewater

Derived terms

• raw sewage
• sewage fungus
• sewage plant

Translations

suspension of water and waste

• Azerbaijani: lağım, gəndov
• Bulgarian: канални води f pl (kanalni vodi)
• Catalan: aigües negres f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 污水 (zh) (wūshuǐ)

• Czech: splašky m pl
• Danish: spildevand (da) n
• Dutch: afvalwater (nl) n, rioolwater (nl) n
• Esperanto: rubakvo, kloakaĵo
• Finnish: jätevesi (fi)
• French: eaux usées (fr) f pl
• German: Abwasser (de) n
• Greek: λύματα (el) n pl (lýmata)
• Ido: kloakajo
• Indonesian: air limbah (id)
• Irish: múnlach m
• Italian: liquame
• Japanese: 汚水 (ja) (おすい, osui)
• Macedonian: канализа́ција f (kanalizácija)
• Malay: kumbahan
• Malayalam: മലിനജലം (malinajalaṁ)
• Māori: wai parakaingaki, parakaingaki, waihawa
• Navajo: tóchxǫ́ʼį́, tóchxǫ́ʼí
• Persian: گنداب (fa) (gandâb)
• Polish: ścieki nvir pl
• Portuguese: esgoto (pt) m
• Russian: сто́чные во́ды (ru) f pl (stóčnyje vódy)
• Spanish: aguas residuales f pl, agua cloacal f, lodo cloacal m, desagüe (es) m
• Swahili: maji taka (sw)
• Swedish: avloppsvatten (sv) n
• Turkish: lağım (tr), atık su (tr)

See also

• slop
• sludge
• sewer system
• sewage treatment
• waste management