Phrase guide

drinking water

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Water that is suitable or intended for ingestion by humans: potable water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Near-synonym: tap water (for washing and, ideally, drinking too)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tap water

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: water, drink, beverage, liquid, substance

2

noun

Meaning 2

water suitable for drinking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable, water

Narrower terms: bottled water, sugar water, ice water, soda water, carbonated water, club soda, seltzer, sparkling water, mineral water

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ujë të pijshëm — water for human consumption
  • Southern Altai: ичетен суу (ičeten suu) — water for human consumption
  • Arabic: مَاء شُرْب (māʔ šurb) — water for human consumption
  • Arabic: مَاء صَالِح لِلشُّرْبِ (māʔ ṣāliḥ li-š-šurbi) — water for human consumption
  • Armenian: խմելու ջուր (xmelu ǰur) — water for human consumption
  • Asturian: agua potable — water for human consumption
  • Azerbaijani: içməli su — water for human consumption
  • Belarusian: пітна́я вада́ (pitnája vadá) — water for human consumption
  • Bengali: পানীয় জল (paniẏo jol) — water for human consumption
  • Bulgarian: пите́йна вода́ (pitéjna vodá) — water for human consumption
  • Burmese: သောက်ရေ (sauk-re) — water for human consumption
  • Catalan: aigua potable — water for human consumption
  • Chinese Cantonese: 食水 (sik6 seoi2) — water for human consumption
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飲用水 /饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ) — water for human consumption
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飲水 /饮水 (yǐnshuǐ) — water for human consumption
  • Crimean Tatar: içilgen suv — water for human consumption
  • Czech: pitná voda — water for human consumption
  • Danish: drikkevand — water for human consumption
  • Dutch: drinkwater — water for human consumption
  • Esperanto: trinkakvo — water for human consumption
  • Estonian: joogivesi — water for human consumption
  • Finnish: juomavesi — water for human consumption
  • French: eau potable — water for human consumption
  • Galician: auga potable — water for human consumption
  • Galician: auga potábel — water for human consumption
  • Georgian: სასმელი წყალი (sasmeli c̣q̇ali) — water for human consumption
  • German: Trinkwasser — water for human consumption
  • Greek: πόσιμο νερό (pósimo neró) — water for human consumption
  • Hebrew: מֵי שְׁתִייָה — water for human consumption
  • Hindi: पेयजल (peyjal) — water for human consumption
  • Hindi: पीने का पानी (pīne kā pānī) — water for human consumption
  • Hopi: kuuyi — water for human consumption
  • Hungarian: ivóvíz — water for human consumption
  • Icelandic: drykkjarvatn — water for human consumption
  • Indonesian: air minum — water for human consumption
  • Irish: uisce óil — water for human consumption
  • Italian: acqua potabile — water for human consumption
  • Japanese: 飲用水 (inyōsui) — water for human consumption
  • Japanese: 飲み水 (nomimizu) — water for human consumption
  • Japanese: 飲料水 (inryōsui) — water for human consumption
  • Kashmiri: ترٛیش (trٛēś) — water for human consumption
  • Kazakh: ауыз су (auyz su) — water for human consumption
  • Khmer: ទឹកផឹក (tɨk phək) — water for human consumption
  • Korean: 식수 (siksu) — water for human consumption
  • Korean: 음용수 (eumyongsu) — water for human consumption
  • Kyrgyz: ичилчү суу (icilcü suu) — water for human consumption
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາດື່ມ (nam dư̄m) — water for human consumption
  • Latin: aqua salūbri potu — water for human consumption
  • Latvian: dzeramais ūdens — water for human consumption
  • Lithuanian: geriamasis vanduo — water for human consumption
  • Macedonian: вода за пиење (voda za pienje) — water for human consumption
  • Macedonian: питка вода (pitka voda) — water for human consumption
  • Malay: air minum — water for human consumption
  • Malay: air minuman — water for human consumption
  • Māori: wai inu — water for human consumption
  • Marathi: प्यायचे पाणी (pyāyce pāṇī) — water for human consumption
  • Mongolian: ундны ус (undny us) — water for human consumption
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drikkevann — water for human consumption
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drikkevatn — water for human consumption
  • Iranian Persian: آبِ آشامیدَنی (âb-e âšâmidani) — water for human consumption
  • Polish: woda pitna — water for human consumption
  • Portuguese: água potável — water for human consumption
  • Romanian: apă potabilă — water for human consumption
  • Romanian: apă de băut — water for human consumption
  • Russian: питьева́я вода́ (pitʹjevája vodá) — water for human consumption
  • Serbo-Croatian: питка вода — water for human consumption
  • Serbo-Croatian: pitka voda — water for human consumption
  • Slovak: pitná voda — water for human consumption
  • Slovene: pitna voda — water for human consumption
  • Spanish: agua potable — water for human consumption
  • Swahili: maji ya kunywa — water for human consumption
  • Swedish: dricksvatten — water for human consumption
  • Tagalog: inuming tubig — water for human consumption
  • Tajik: оби нӯшиданӣ (ob-i nüšidani) — water for human consumption
  • Tamil: குடிநீர் (kuṭinīr) — water for human consumption
  • Tamil: உண்ணீர் (uṇṇīr) — water for human consumption
  • Telugu: తాగునీరు (tāgunīru) — water for human consumption
  • Telugu: త్రాగునీరు (trāgunīru) — water for human consumption
  • Thai: น้ําดื่ม (náam-dʉ̀ʉm) — water for human consumption
  • Thai: น้ํากิน (náam-gin) — water for human consumption
  • Turkish: içme suyu — water for human consumption
  • Ukrainian: питна́ вода́ (pytná vodá) — water for human consumption
  • Urdu: پِینے کا پانی (pīne kā pānī) — water for human consumption
  • Uzbek: ichiladigan suv — water for human consumption
  • Vietnamese: nước uống — water for human consumption
  • Yao (Africa): meesi gakumwa class 6 — water for human consumption