aqua
English
/ˈækwə/
noun
Definitions
- (inorganic compound) The compound water.
- A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English aqua (water) derived from Latin aqua (water, aqua).
Origin
Latin
aqua
Gloss
water, aqua
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
水
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aquarius English
- Aquaterra English
- aluminium English
- aquafaba English
- aquaholic English
- aquamarine English
- aquapasto English
- aquatone English
- aqueous English
- aquiclude English
- aquifuge English
- hexa English
- hexaaqua English
- hexaaquaaluminium English
- octaqua English
- subaqua English
- terra English
- tetraqua English
- *aquacea Latin
- Aquipendium Latin
- aqua Latin
- aqua+terra Latin
- aqualis Latin
- aquamanile Latin
- aquamanīle Latin
- aquarius Latin
- aquaticus Latin
- aqueus Latin
- aquilentus Latin
- aquola Latin
- aquor Latin
- Aquamarin German
- Aquifer German
- acqua Italian
- acquarella Italian
- sciacquare Italian
- aiguail French
- *h₂ekʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- akvatisk Norwegian Bokmål
- akvatisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- aqua Middle English
- aigue Old French
- egua, ewe, euwe, iaue Old French
- equa Old French
- euwe Old French
- ewe Old French
- iaue Old French
- yaue, ewe, euwe, egua Old French
- caldas Galician
- apă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aquo Ido
- agua Old Portuguese
- auga Old Portuguese
- apã Aromanian
- *akʷā Proto-Italic
- aua Romansh
- ava Romansh
- ova Romansh
- agua Asturian
- aghe Friulian
- aigua Old Occitan
- agua Old Spanish
- acqua Sicilian
- egua Ligurian
- ægoa Ligurian
- ægua Ligurian
- jacqua Dalmatian
- agu Kabuverdianu
- aga Ladin
- ega Ladin
- abba Sardinian
- acqua Neapolitan
- aqua Istriot
- acqua Corsican
- augua Aragonese
- auga Mirandese
- égoua Franco-Provençal
- acqua Lombard
- eva Piedmontese
- àqua Emilian
- âcua Emilian
- åpe Istro-Romanian
- apu Megleno-Romanian
- acva Romagnol
- áugua Extremaduran
- aive Poitevin-Saintongeais
- aoue Lorrain
- auve Lorrain
- iau Poitevin-Saintongeais
- ôve Lorrain