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Water



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2 Dutch

English

Pronunciation

  • wô'tə(r), /ˈwɔːtə(r)/, /"wO:t@(r)/

Noun

water (uncountable in most senses)

  1. A clear liquid potable by humans and animals; the chemical H2O, dihydrogen monoxide.
  2. (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
    Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.
  3. (countable, often in plural waters) Spa water.
    Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
  4. (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
  5. (in plural waters) A sea belonging to particular country.
  6. any body of water such as a river or a lake (can be plural in this sense)
    He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:he leadeth me beside the still waters. Psalm 23:2

Translations

Transitive verb

water (watered, watered)

  1. To give water to.
    Ex. Sally watered the plants, I need to go water the cattle
  2. Slang to urinate.

Translations

  • Breton: dourañ
  • Catalan: donar aigua, regar (only for plants)
  • Dutch: water geven, sproeien (only for plants)
  • Esperanto: doni akvon
  • French: (animal) abreuver, (plant) arroser
  • Frisian: wetter jaan
  • Galician: augar
  • German: gießen, bewässern
  • Guarani: mbo'y
  • Interlingua: aquar, rigar
  • Italian: (animal) abbeverare, (plant) annaffiare
  • Lithuanian: laistyti
  • Norwegian: vanne
  • Portuguese: dar água a, (plant) regar
  • Spanish: dar agua a, (plant) regar
  • Swedish: vattna
  • Tupinambá: mbo'y
  • Volapük: vatön


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /'waːtər/
SAMPA:/wat3r/

Noun

water n (Plural: waters, Diminutive: watertje, Plural diminutive watertjes)

  1. water

Verb

water

  1. (first-person singular present tense of wateren) pee, urinate



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