aquarium

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• General-American: ə-kwârʹē-əm
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• General-American: /əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/
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• General-American: /-ɛɹiəm/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ékweh2 Proto-Italic *akwā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin aquāriumbor. English aquarium Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua + -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius. Also claimed to be coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, as a blend of aquatic + vivarium.

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: akuarium — tank for keeping fish
• Arabic: حَوْض اَلسَّمَك (ḥawḍ as-samak) — tank for keeping fish
• Arabic: أَكْوَارِيُوم (ʔakwāriyum) — tank for keeping fish
• Armenian: ակվարիում (akvarium) — tank for keeping fish
• Azerbaijani: akvarium — tank for keeping fish
• Belarusian: аква́рыум (akváryum) — tank for keeping fish
• Bengali: অ্যাকোয়ারিয়াম (êkōẇariẏam) — tank for keeping fish
• Bulgarian: аква́риум (akvárium) — tank for keeping fish
• Burmese: ငါးမွေးကန် (nga:mwe:kan) — tank for keeping fish
• Burmese: ဖန်ရေကန် (hpanrekan) — tank for keeping fish
• Catalan: aquàrium — tank for keeping fish
• Catalan: aquari — tank for keeping fish
• Chinese Mandarin: 魚缸 /鱼缸 (yúgāng) — tank for keeping fish
• Crimean Tatar: akvarium — tank for keeping fish
• Czech: akvárium — tank for keeping fish
• Danish: akvarium — tank for keeping fish
• Central Dusun: akuarium — tank for keeping fish
• Dutch: aquarium — tank for keeping fish
• Emilian: acuèri — tank for keeping fish
• Emilian: acuäri — tank for keeping fish
• Esperanto: akvario — tank for keeping fish
• Estonian: akvaarium — tank for keeping fish
• Finnish: akvaario — tank for keeping fish
• French: aquarium — tank for keeping fish
• Friulian: acuari — tank for keeping fish
• Georgian: აკვარიუმი (aḳvariumi) — tank for keeping fish
• German: Aquarium — tank for keeping fish
• Greek: ενυδρείο (enydreío) — tank for keeping fish
• Hebrew: אקווריום — tank for keeping fish
• Hebrew: אַקְוַרְיוּם (akváryum) — tank for keeping fish
• Hindi: जलजीवशाला (jaljīvśālā) — tank for keeping fish
• Hungarian: akvárium — tank for keeping fish
• Icelandic: fiskabúr — tank for keeping fish
• Ido: aquario — tank for keeping fish
• Indonesian: akuarium — tank for keeping fish
• Irish: uisceadán — tank for keeping fish
• Italian: acquario — tank for keeping fish
• Japanese: 金魚鉢 (kingyobachi) — tank for keeping fish
• Japanese: 養魚鉢 (yōgyobachi) — tank for keeping fish
• Japanese: 水槽 (suisō) — tank for keeping fish
• Japanese: アクアリウム (akuariumu) — tank for keeping fish
• Kazakh: аквариум (akvarium) — tank for keeping fish
• Khmer: អាងចិញ្ចឹមត្រី (ʼaang ceñcəm trəy) — tank for keeping fish
• Korean: 수조 (sujo) — tank for keeping fish
• Korean: 아쿠아리움 (akuarium) — tank for keeping fish
• Northern Kurdish: akwaryûm — tank for keeping fish
• Northern Kurdish: masîdank — tank for keeping fish
• Kyrgyz: аквариум (akvarium) — tank for keeping fish
• Lao: ສວນສັດນ້ໍາ (sūan sat nam) — tank for keeping fish
• Lao: ອ່າງປາ (ʼāng pā) — tank for keeping fish
• Latvian: akvārijs — tank for keeping fish
• Ligurian: acquâio — tank for keeping fish
• Lithuanian: akvariumas — tank for keeping fish
• Lombard: acquari — tank for keeping fish
• Macedonian: аквариум (akvarium) — tank for keeping fish
• Malay: akuarium — tank for keeping fish
• Māori: kauranga ika — tank for keeping fish
• Mongolian: аквариум (akvarium) — tank for keeping fish
• Norwegian Bokmål: akvarium — tank for keeping fish
• Norwegian Nynorsk: akvarium — tank for keeping fish
• Persian: آبزیدان (âbzidân) — tank for keeping fish
• Persian: آکواریوم (âkvâryum) — tank for keeping fish
• Polish: akwarium — tank for keeping fish
• Portuguese: aquário — tank for keeping fish
• Romanian: acvariu — tank for keeping fish
• Russian: аква́риум (akvárium) — tank for keeping fish
• Serbo-Croatian: акваријум — tank for keeping fish
• Serbo-Croatian: аквариј — tank for keeping fish
• Serbo-Croatian: akvarijum — tank for keeping fish
• Serbo-Croatian: akvarij — tank for keeping fish
• Slovak: akvárium — tank for keeping fish
• Slovene: akvarij — tank for keeping fish
• Spanish: acuario — tank for keeping fish
• Spanish: pecera — tank for keeping fish
• Swedish: akvarium — tank for keeping fish
• Tagalog: pabiyay — tank for keeping fish
• Tagalog: isdaan — tank for keeping fish
• Tajik: аквариум (akvarium) — tank for keeping fish
• Tajik: обзидон (obzidon) — tank for keeping fish
• Thai: ตู้ปลา (dtûu-bplaa) — tank for keeping fish
• Thai: อควอเรี่ยม (à-kwɔɔ-rîiam) — tank for keeping fish
• Turkish: akvaryum — tank for keeping fish
• Turkish: fanus — tank for keeping fish
• Turkmen: akwarium — tank for keeping fish
• Ukrainian: аква́ріум (akvárium) — tank for keeping fish
• Urdu: مچھلی گھر (machlī ghar) — tank for keeping fish
• Uzbek: akvarium — tank for keeping fish
• Vietnamese: bể cá — tank for keeping fish
• Volapük: fitavatiär — tank for keeping fish
• Yiddish: אַקוואַריום (akvaryum) — tank for keeping fish
• Arabic: حَوْض اَلسَّمَك (ḥawḍ as-samak) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Arabic: مَعْرِضُ الْأَحْيَاءِ الْمَائِيَّةِ (maʕriḍu al-ʔaḥyāʔi al-māʔiyyati) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Arabic: مَعْرِضُ الْأَحْيَاءِ الْبَحْرِيَّةِ (maʕriḍu al-ʔaḥyāʔi al-baḥriyyati) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Catalan: aquàrium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Catalan: aquari — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Chinese Mandarin: 水族館 /水族馆 (shuǐzúguǎn) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Czech: akvárium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Finnish: akvaario — public place where live fish are exhibited
• French: aquarium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• German: Aquarium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Greek: ενυδρείο (enydreío) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Hebrew: אקווריום — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Hebrew: אַקְוַרְיוּם (akváryum) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Irish: uisceadán — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Italian: acquario — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Japanese: 水族館 (suizokukan) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Japanese: アクアリウム (akuariumu) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Korean: 수족관 (sujokgwan) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Korean: 아쿠아리움 (akuarium) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Lao: ພິພິດທະພັນສັດນ້ໍາ (phi phit tha phan sat nam) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Malay: akuarium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Māori: kauranga ika — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Norwegian Bokmål: akvarium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Norwegian Nynorsk: akvarium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Polish: akwarium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Portuguese: aquário — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Romanian: acvariu — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Russian: аква́риум (akvárium) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Serbo-Croatian: акваријум — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Serbo-Croatian: аквариј — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Serbo-Croatian: akvarijum — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Serbo-Croatian: akvarij — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Spanish: acuario — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Spanish: acuárium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Swedish: akvarium — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Tagalog: pabiyay — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Tagalog: isdaan — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ํา (pí-pít-tá-pan-sàt-náam) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Thai: สถานแสดงพันธุ์สัตว์น้ํา (sà-tǎan-sà-dɛɛng-pan-sàt-náam) — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Turkish: akvaryum — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Vietnamese: thủy cung — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Vietnamese: công viên thuỷ sinh — public place where live fish are exhibited
• Volapük: fitemavatiäröp — public place where live fish are exhibited