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Aquarius

name · noun · 6 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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  • /əˈkwɛəɹi.əs/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A constellation of the zodiac, traditionally figured in the shape of a man (now also as a woman) carrying water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Water Bearer, Water Carrier, Water Man, Water Pourer

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The zodiac sign for the water carrier, ruled by Uranus or Saturn, covering January 20 – February 18 (tropical astrology) or February 15 – March 14 (sidereal astrology).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone with an Aquarius star sign

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Aquarius the Water Bearer, Water Bearer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house

5

noun

Meaning 5

a zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Capricornus and Pisces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constellation

6

noun

Meaning 6

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Water Bearer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aquārius (“water carrier”) (from aqua (“water”) + -arius), calque of Ancient Greek Ὑδροχόος (Hudrokhóos), referring to the Mesopotamian god Ea who was commonly depicted with water pouring from his shoulders or from vases; compare the constellation name in Akkadian 𒀯𒄖𒆷 (ṣinundu), Sumerian 𒀯𒄖𒆷 (mulGU.LA, “The Great One, Ea”). See also aquarium.

Across languages

Translations

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُرْج اَلدَّلْو (burj ad-dalw) — constellation
  • Arabic: الدَّلْو (ad-dalw) — constellation
  • Armenian: Ջրհոս (J̌rhos) — constellation
  • Azerbaijani: Dolça — constellation
  • Breton: Skuilh-dour — constellation
  • Bulgarian: Водоле́й (Vodoléj) — constellation
  • Catalan: Aquari — constellation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水瓶座 (Shuǐpíngzuò) — constellation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寶瓶座 /宝瓶座 (Bǎopíngzuò) — constellation
  • Cornish: an Deger Dowr — constellation
  • Czech: Vodnář — constellation
  • Danish: Vandmanden — constellation
  • Dutch: Waterman — constellation
  • Esperanto: Akvisto — constellation
  • Estonian: Veevalaja — constellation
  • Estonian: Kerikand — constellation
  • Estonian: Kolmkand — constellation
  • Faroese: Vatnberin — constellation
  • Finnish: Vesimies — constellation
  • French: Verseau — constellation
  • Galician: Acuario — constellation
  • German: Wassermann — constellation
  • Greek: Υδροχόος (Ydrochóos) — constellation
  • Ancient Greek: Ὑδροχόος (Hudrokhóos) — constellation
  • Hebrew: דְּלִי (dli) — constellation
  • Hindi: कुंभ (kumbh) — constellation
  • Hindi: कुम्भ (kumbh) — constellation
  • Hungarian: Vízöntő (csillagkép) — constellation
  • Icelandic: Vatnsberinn — constellation
  • Ido: Varsero — constellation
  • Indonesian: Akuarius — constellation
  • Irish: Iompróir an Uisce — constellation
  • Italian: Acquario — constellation
  • Italian: Aquario — constellation
  • Japanese: 水瓶座 (Mizugameza) — constellation
  • Japanese: みずがめ座 (Mizugameza) — constellation
  • Kazakh: Суқұйғыш (Suqūiğyş) — constellation
  • Kazakh: Дәлу (Dälu) — constellation
  • Korean: 물병(甁)자리 (Mulbyeongjari) — constellation
  • Korean: 수병(水甁)자리 (Subyeongjari) — constellation
  • Korean: 수병좌 (Subyeongjwa) — constellation
  • Lao: ກຸມ (kum) — constellation
  • Low German: Watermann — constellation
  • Macedonian: Водолија (Vodolija) — constellation
  • Malay: Timba — constellation
  • Malay: Delu — constellation
  • Malay: Akuarius — constellation
  • Manx: Yn Ymmyrkagh Ushtey — constellation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vannmannen — constellation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vassmannen — constellation
  • Polish: Wodnik — constellation
  • Portuguese: Aquário — constellation
  • Romanian: Vărsător — constellation
  • Russian: Водоле́й (Vodoléj) — constellation
  • Sanskrit: कुम्भ (kumbha) — constellation
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fear Giùlan Uisge — constellation
  • Slovak: Vodnár — constellation
  • Slovene: Vodnár — constellation
  • Southern Altai: суу тартаачы (suu tartaačï) — constellation
  • Southern Altai: суу тартып турган кижи (suu tartïp turgan kiži) — constellation
  • Spanish: Acuario — constellation
  • Tagalog: Manunubig — constellation
  • Telugu: కుంభరాశి (kumbharāśi) — constellation
  • Telugu: కుంభము (kumbhamu) — constellation
  • Telugu: కుంభం (kumbhaṁ) — constellation
  • Thai: กลุ่มดาวคนแบกหม้อน้ํา — constellation
  • Turkish: Kova — constellation
  • Ottoman Turkish: دلو (delv) — constellation
  • Ukrainian: Водолі́й (Vodolíj) — constellation
  • Urdu: کمبھ (kumbh) — constellation
  • Vietnamese: Bảo Bình — constellation
  • Vietnamese: Thủy Bình — constellation
  • Welsh: y Cariwr Dŵr — constellation
  • Welsh: y Dyfrwr — constellation
  • Albanian: Ujori — astrological sign
  • Arabic: بُرْج اَلدَّلْو (burj ad-dalw) — astrological sign
  • Arabic: الدَّلْو (ad-dalw) — astrological sign
  • Armenian: Ջրհոս (J̌rhos) — astrological sign
  • Asturian: Acuariu — astrological sign
  • Asturian: Aguador — astrological sign
  • Azerbaijani: Dolça — astrological sign
  • Breton: Skuilh-dour — astrological sign
  • Bulgarian: Водоле́й (Vodoléj) — astrological sign
  • Burmese: ကုံ (kum) — astrological sign
  • Catalan: Aquari — astrological sign
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水瓶座 (Shuǐpíngzuò) — astrological sign
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寶瓶座 /宝瓶座 (Bǎopíngzuò) — astrological sign
  • Cornish: an Deger Dowr — astrological sign
  • Czech: Vodnář — astrological sign
  • Danish: Vandmanden — astrological sign
  • Dutch: Waterman — astrological sign
  • Esperanto: Akvisto — astrological sign
  • Esperanto: Amforo — astrological sign
  • Estonian: Veevalaja — astrological sign
  • Faroese: Vatnberin — astrological sign
  • Finnish: Vesimies — astrological sign
  • French: Verseau — astrological sign
  • Galician: Acuario — astrological sign
  • Georgian: მერწყული (merc̣q̇uli) — astrological sign
  • German: Wassermann — astrological sign
  • Greek: Υδροχόος (Ydrochóos) — astrological sign
  • Ancient Greek: Ὑδροχόος (Hudrokhóos) — astrological sign
  • Hebrew: דְּלִי (dli) — astrological sign
  • Hindi: कुम्भ (kumbh) — astrological sign
  • Hindi: कुंभ (kumbh) — astrological sign
  • Hungarian: Vízöntő — astrological sign
  • Icelandic: Vatnsberinn — astrological sign
  • Ido: Varsero — astrological sign
  • Indonesian: Akuarius — astrological sign
  • Irish: Iompróir an Uisce — astrological sign
  • Italian: Acquario — astrological sign
  • Italian: Aquario — astrological sign
  • Japanese: 水瓶座 (Mizugameza) — astrological sign
  • Japanese: 宝瓶宮 (Hōheikyū) — astrological sign
  • Kazakh: Суқұйғыш (Suqūiğyş) — astrological sign
  • Khmer: កុម្ភៈ (komphĕəʼ) — astrological sign
  • Korean: 보병궁 (Bobyeonggung) — astrological sign
  • Lao: ກຸມ (kum) — astrological sign
  • Latvian: Ūdensvīrs — astrological sign
  • Lithuanian: Vandenis — astrological sign
  • Low German: Watermann — astrological sign
  • Luxembourgish: Waassermann — astrological sign
  • Macedonian: водолија (vodolija) — astrological sign
  • Macedonian: водолеец (vodoleec) — astrological sign
  • Malay: Timba — astrological sign
  • Malay: Delu — astrological sign
  • Malay: Akuarius — astrological sign
  • Maltese: Akwarju — astrological sign
  • Maltese: Ġarrar l-Ilma — astrological sign
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vannmannen — astrological sign
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vassmannen — astrological sign
  • Odia: କୁମ୍ଭ (kumbha) — astrological sign
  • Persian: آبریز (âbriz) — astrological sign
  • Polish: Wodnik — astrological sign
  • Portuguese: Aquário — astrological sign
  • Romanian: Vărsător — astrological sign
  • Russian: Водоле́й (Vodoléj) — astrological sign
  • Sanskrit: कुम्भ (kumbha) — astrological sign
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fear Giùlan Uisge — astrological sign
  • Slovak: Vodnar — astrological sign
  • Slovene: Vodnár — astrological sign
  • Southern Altai: суу тартаачы (suu tartaačï) — astrological sign
  • Southern Altai: суу тартып турган кижи (suu tartïp turgan kiži) — astrological sign
  • Spanish: acuario — astrological sign
  • Swahili: Dalu — astrological sign
  • Swahili: Ndoo — astrological sign
  • Swedish: Vattumannen — astrological sign
  • Tagalog: Manunubig — astrological sign
  • Telugu: కుంభరాశి (kumbharāśi) — astrological sign
  • Telugu: కుంభము (kumbhamu) — astrological sign
  • Telugu: కుంభం (kumbhaṁ) — astrological sign
  • Thai: กุมภ์ (gum) — astrological sign
  • Turkish: Kova — astrological sign
  • Ottoman Turkish: دلو (delv) — astrological sign
  • Ukrainian: Водолі́й (Vodolíj) — astrological sign
  • Vietnamese: Bảo Bình — astrological sign
  • Vietnamese: Thủy Bình — astrological sign
  • Welsh: y Cariwr Dŵr — astrological sign
  • Welsh: y Dyfrwr — astrological sign
  • Arabic: بُرْج اَلدَّلْو (burj ad-dalw) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Arabic: الدَّلْو (ad-dalw) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Bulgarian: водоле́й (vodoléj) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Catalan: aquari — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水瓶座 (Shuǐpíngzuò) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Danish: vandmand — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Dutch: Waterman — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Estonian: Veevalaja — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • French: Verseau — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Galician: acuario — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • German: Wassermann — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Greek: υδροχόος (ydrochóos) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Japanese: 水瓶座 (mizugameza) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Japanese: みずがめ座生まれの人 (mizugameza umare no hito) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Low German: Watermann — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Macedonian: водолија (vodolija) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Norwegian: vannmann — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Portuguese: aquariano — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Portuguese: aguadeiro — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Russian: водоле́й (vodoléj) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Spanish: acuario — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
  • Ukrainian: водолі́й (vodolíj) — Someone with a Aquarius star sign
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