noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈæk.wɪˌdʌkt/
US:/ˈæk.wəˌdʌkt/
US:/ˈɑk.wəˌdʌkt/
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CMU ARPABET:AE1 K W AH0 D AH2 K T
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1
noun
Meaning 1
An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially an ancient structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conduit
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ékweh2 Proto-Italic *akwā Latin aquae Latin ductus Latin aquaeductusbor. English aqueduct Adapted borrowing from Latin aquaeductus (“conveyance of water”), from aqua (“water”) + dūcō (“to lead”, “to bring”); compare the French aqueduc.
Across languages
Translations
103 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
akwaduk
— an artificial channel conveying water
Albanian:
ujësjellës
— an artificial channel conveying water
Aragonese:
auguaduito
— an artificial channel conveying water
Asturian:
acueductu
— an artificial channel conveying water
Belarusian:
акведу́к
(akvjedúk)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Belarusian:
аквэду́к
(akvedúk)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Bulgarian:
акведу́кт
(akvedúkt)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Catalan:
aqüeducte
— an artificial channel conveying water
Chinese Mandarin:
水渠
(shuǐqú)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Czech:
akvadukt
— an artificial channel conveying water
Danish:
akvædukt
— an artificial channel conveying water
Dutch:
aquaduct
— an artificial channel conveying water
Esperanto:
akvedukto
— an artificial channel conveying water
Finnish:
akvedukti
— an artificial channel conveying water
French:
aqueduc
— an artificial channel conveying water
Galician:
levada
— an artificial channel conveying water
Galician:
acueduto
— an artificial channel conveying water
Georgian:
აკვედუკი
(aḳveduḳi)
— an artificial channel conveying water
German:
Aquädukt
— an artificial channel conveying water
Greek:
υδραγωγείο
(ydragogeío)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Ancient Greek:
ὑδραγώγιον
(hudragṓgion)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Ancient Greek:
ὀχετός
(okhetós)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Hungarian:
vízvezeték
— an artificial channel conveying water
Indonesian:
akueduk
— an artificial channel conveying water
Italian:
acquedotto
— an artificial channel conveying water
Japanese:
水道橋
(suidōkyō)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Korean:
수도교
(sudogyo)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Latin:
aquaeductus
— an artificial channel conveying water
Latvian:
ūdensvads
— an artificial channel conveying water
Latvian:
akvedukts
— an artificial channel conveying water
Lithuanian:
akvedukas
— an artificial channel conveying water
Malay:
akueduk
— an artificial channel conveying water
Malayalam:
നീർച്ചാൽ
(nīṟccāl)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Navajo:
tó yaʼnidaʼaazgééd
— an artificial channel conveying water
Old English:
wætergelæt
— an artificial channel conveying water
Persian:
آبراهه
(ābrāhe)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Polish:
akwedukt
— an artificial channel conveying water
Portuguese:
aqueduto
— an artificial channel conveying water
Quechua:
witkhu
— an artificial channel conveying water
Quechua:
pincha
— an artificial channel conveying water
Romanian:
apeduct
— an artificial channel conveying water
Russian:
акведу́к
(akvedúk)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Serbo-Croatian:
akvèdukt
— an artificial channel conveying water
Serbo-Croatian:
akvadȕkt
— an artificial channel conveying water
Serbo-Croatian:
vodovod
— an artificial channel conveying water
Slovak:
akvadukt
— an artificial channel conveying water
Spanish:
acueducto
— an artificial channel conveying water
Sundanese:
ᮏᮜᮔ᮪ ᮎᮄ
(jalan cai)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Swedish:
akvedukt
— an artificial channel conveying water
Tamil:
தொட்டிப் பாலம்
(toṭṭip pālam)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Tamil:
தொட்டிப்பாலம்
(toṭṭippālam)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Thai:
สะพานส่งน้ํา
(sà-paan-sòng-náam)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Tibetan:
ཆུ་ཡུར
(chu yur)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Tibetan:
ཡུར་བ
(yur ba)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Turkish:
su kemeri
— an artificial channel conveying water
Ukrainian:
акведу́к
(akvedúk)
— an artificial channel conveying water
Volapük:
kvaaduk
— an artificial channel conveying water
Welsh:
dyfrbont
— an artificial channel conveying water
Welsh:
traphont ddŵr
— an artificial channel conveying water
Asturian:
acueductu
— a structure carrying water
Bulgarian:
акведу́кт
(akvedúkt)
— a structure carrying water
Catalan:
aqüeducte
— a structure carrying water
Chinese Mandarin:
水道
(shuǐdào)
— a structure carrying water
Chinese Mandarin:
水路
(shuǐlù)
— a structure carrying water
Czech:
akvadukt
— a structure carrying water
Dutch:
aquaduct
— a structure carrying water
Finnish:
akvedukti
— a structure carrying water
French:
aqueduc
— a structure carrying water
Galician:
acueduto
— a structure carrying water
German:
Aquädukt
— a structure carrying water
Greek:
υδραγωγείο
(ydragogeío)
— a structure carrying water
Hebrew:
אַמַּת מַיִם
(amát máyim)
— a structure carrying water
Hungarian:
akvedukt
— a structure carrying water
Hungarian:
akvadukt
— a structure carrying water
Hungarian:
csatornahíd
— a structure carrying water
Italian:
acquedotto
— a structure carrying water
Japanese:
水道
(suidō)
— a structure carrying water
Korean:
수도
(sudo)
— a structure carrying water
Korean:
수로
(suro)
— a structure carrying water
Latin:
aquaeductus
— a structure carrying water
Latvian:
ūdensvads
— a structure carrying water
Latvian:
akvedukts
— a structure carrying water
Malay:
akueduk
— a structure carrying water
Norwegian Bokmål:
akvedukt
— a structure carrying water
Norwegian Nynorsk:
akvedukt
— a structure carrying water
Old English:
wætergelæt
— a structure carrying water
Polish:
akwedukt
— a structure carrying water
Portuguese:
aqueduto
— a structure carrying water
Romanian:
apeduct
— a structure carrying water
Russian:
акведу́к
(akvedúk)
— a structure carrying water
Serbo-Croatian:
akvèdukt
— a structure carrying water
Serbo-Croatian:
akvadȕkt
— a structure carrying water
Serbo-Croatian:
vodovod
— a structure carrying water
Spanish:
acueducto
— a structure carrying water
Tibetan:
ཆུ་ཡུར
(chu yur)
— a structure carrying water
Tibetan:
ཡུར་བ
(yur ba)
— a structure carrying water
Tibetan:
ཡུར་ཟམ
(yur zam)
— a structure carrying water
Volapük:
kvaaduk
— a structure carrying water
Welsh:
pont cario dŵr
— a structure carrying water
Welsh:
traphont
— a structure carrying water
Hungarian:
csatorna
— anatomy: a structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct
Hungarian:
zsilip
— anatomy: a structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct
Tibetan:
ཆུ་སྦུབ
(chu sbub)
— anatomy: a structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct