adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/əˈkwɑ.tɪk/
General-American:/əˈkwæ.tɪk/
Received-Pronunciation:/əˈkwæ.tɪk/
Received-Pronunciation:/əˈkwɒ.tɪk/
New-Zealand:/ɘˈkwɔ.tɘk/
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rhymes with -ɒtɪk
CMU ARPABET:AH0 K W AA1 T IH0 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AH0 K W AE1 T IH0 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any aquatic plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
operating or living or growing in water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
boats are aquatic vehicles
water lilies are aquatic plants
fish are aquatic animals
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: terrestrial, amphibious
4
adjective
Meaning 4
relating to or consisting of or being in water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an aquatic environment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a plant that lives in or on water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plant, flora, plant life
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ékweh2 Proto-Italic *akwā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin aquāticusder. Middle French aquatiquebor. English aquatic Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”).
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
ujor
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Arabic:
مَائِيّ
(māʔiyy)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Armenian:
ջրային
(ǰrayin)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Azerbaijani:
sulu
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Belarusian:
во́дны
(vódny)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Bengali:
জলজ
(joloj)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Bulgarian:
во́ден
(vóden)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Catalan:
aquàtic
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Chinese Mandarin:
水生
(shuǐshēng)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Czech:
vodní
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Danish:
akvatisk
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Dutch:
aquatisch
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Dutch:
aquatische
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Esperanto:
akva
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Finnish:
vesi-
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
French:
aquatique
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Galician:
acuático
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
German:
Wasser-
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
German:
aquatisch
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Greek:
υδατικός
(ydatikós)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Greek:
υδρόβιος
(ydróvios)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Hebrew:
מֵימִי
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Hindi:
जलज
(jalaj)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Hindi:
जलीय
(jalīya)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Hindi:
जलचर
(jalcar)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Irish:
uisciúil
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Irish:
uiscí
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Italian:
acquatico
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Japanese:
水生
(suisei)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Korean:
물의
(murui)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Korean:
수서
(suseo)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Latin:
aquāticus
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Macedonian:
воден
(voden)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Malay:
air
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Malay:
akuatik
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Manx:
ushtagh
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Norwegian Bokmål:
akvatisk
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Norwegian Bokmål:
vannlevende
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Norwegian Nynorsk:
akvatisk
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Odia:
ଜଳଚର
(jaḷacara)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Polish:
wodny
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Portuguese:
aquático
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Romanian:
acvatic
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Russian:
во́дный
(vódnyj)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Russian:
водяно́й
(vodjanój)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Russian:
аквати́ческий
(akvatíčeskij)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Serbo-Croatian:
воден
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Serbo-Croatian:
voden
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Slovak:
vodný
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Slovene:
voden
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Spanish:
acuático
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Swedish:
akvatisk
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Telugu:
నీటి
(nīṭi)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Turkish:
sucul
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Ukrainian:
во́дний
(vódnyj)
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Vietnamese:
thuỷ sinh
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Vietnamese:
thuỷ cư
— relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
