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