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aquaponics

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ækwəˈpɒnɪks/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: äk'wə-pŏnʹĭks
  • General-American: ăk'wə-
  • General-American: /ˌɑkwəˈpɑnɪks/
  • General-American: /ˌækwə-/
  • rhymes with -ɒnɪks

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noun

Meaning 1

A sustainable food production system that combines traditional aquaculture with hydroponics, with effluent from the water in which fish are reared being used as nutrition for plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Blend of aquaculture + hydroponics. By surface analysis, aqua- + -ponics.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: akwaponika — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Arabic: أكوابونيكس — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Armenian: ակվապոնիկա (akvaponika) — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Basque: akuaponia — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魚菜共生 /鱼菜共生 — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Czech: akvaponika — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Danish: akvaponi — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Dutch: aquaponics — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Estonian: akvapoonika — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Finnish: kiertovesiviljely — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Finnish: vesiviljelyn ja kalankasvatuksen yhdistäminen — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Finnish: aquaponics — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • French: aquaponie — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • German: Aquaponik — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Hebrew: אקוופוניקה — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Hungarian: akvapónia — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Icelandic: samrækt — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Indonesian: akuaponik — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Irish: uiscephonaic — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Italian: acquaponica — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Japanese: アクアポニックス — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Latin: aquaponica — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Lithuanian: akvaponika — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Malay: akuaponik — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Malay: piskiponik — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Malayalam: അക്വാപോണിക്സ് (akvāpōṇiksŭ) — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Persian: آکواپونیک — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Polish: akwaponika — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Portuguese: aquaponia — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Romanian: acvaponie — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Russian: аквапоника (akvaponika) — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Sinhalese: දිය වගාව (diya wagāwa) — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Spanish: acuaponía — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Spanish: acuiponía — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Swedish: akvaponik — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Tamil: அக்வாபோனிக்ஸ் (akvāpōṉiks) — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Turkish: akuaponik — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Ukrainian: аквапоніка (akvaponika) — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics
  • Vietnamese: aquaponics — system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics