English
Etymology
From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), equivalent to water + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”).
Noun
waterway (plural waterways)
- A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
- A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.
Translations
navigable body of water
- Arabic: مَمَرّ مَائِيّ m (mamarr māʔiyy)
- Armenian: ֆարվատեր (hy) (farvater), նավարկուղի (navarkuġi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 水路 (zh) (shuǐlù), 航道 (zh) (hángdào)
- Danish: vandvej (da) c
- Dutch: vaarweg (nl) m, waterweg (nl) m, vaarwater (nl) n
- Esperanto: akvovojo
- Finnish: vesitie (fi)
- French: voie navigable (fr) f
- Georgian: ფარვატერი (parvaṭeri)
- German: Wasserstraße (de) f, Wasserweg (de) m, Fahrwasser (de) n
- Hebrew: נְתִיב מַיִם (he) m (netiv mayim)
- Japanese: 水路 (ja) (すいろ, suiro)
- Korean: 수로 (ko) (suro)
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- Maori: hawai, arawai
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: vannvei m, vassdrag (no) n
- Persian: آبراه (fa) (âbrâh)
- Polish: droga wodna f
- Portuguese: hidrovia (pt) f
- Russian: фарва́тер (ru) m (farvátɛr), во́дный путь m (vódnyj putʹ)
- Tagalog: alulusan
- Vietnamese: đường thủy, đường sông, thủy lộ (vi)
- Welsh: dyfrffordd f, camlas f
- Yakut: уу суола (uu suola)
- Zazaki: vaya awer f
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