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aquaculture

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːkwəˌ-/
  • General-American: /ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈɑkwəˌ-/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 K W AH0 K AH2 L CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cultivation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ékweh2 Proto-Italic *akwā Latin aquabor. Middle English aqua English aqua- Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English aquaculture From aqua- + culture.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: akvakultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Belarusian: аквакульту́ра (akvakulʹtúra) — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Catalan: aqüicultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水產養殖 /水产养殖 (shuǐchǎn yǎngzhí) — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Czech: akvakultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Danish: akvakultur — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Dutch: aquacultuur — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Estonian: vesiviljelus — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Estonian: akvakultuur — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Finnish: vesiviljely — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • French: aquaculture — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Galician: acuicultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Georgian: აკვაკულტურა (aḳvaḳulṭura) — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • German: Aquakultur — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Hungarian: akvakultúra — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Indonesian: akuakultur — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Irish: dobharshaothrú — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Irish: uisceshaothrú — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Italian: acquicoltura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Latvian: akvakultūra — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Lithuanian: akvakultūrà — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Māori: ahumoana — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Norwegian Bokmål: akvakultur — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: akvakultur — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Polish: akwakultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Portuguese: aquicultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Portuguese: aquacultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Punjabi: ਜਲ ਖੇਤੀ (jal khetī) — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Romanian: acvacultură — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Russian: аквакульту́ра (akvakulʹtúra) — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuathanachas uisge — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Serbo-Croatian: аквакулту́ра — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Serbo-Croatian: akvakultúra — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Slovak: akvakultúra — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Slovene: ákvakultúra — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Spanish: acuicultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Spanish: acuacultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Swedish: vattenbruk — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Swedish: akvakultur — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Tagalog: akwakultura — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Ukrainian: аквакульту́ра (akvakulʹtúra) — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Welsh: dyframaeth — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
  • Welsh: dyframaethu — the cultivation of the aquatic produce
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