adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɛndə(ʊ)ˈɹiːɪk/
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General-American:/ˌɛndoʊˈɹiɪk/
General-American:/ˌɛndə-/
General-American:/-ˈreɪɪk/
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adj
Meaning 1
Of a basin or lake: having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation or seepage into the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, hydrology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: closed, terminal
Antonyms: exorheic
History
Etymology
PIE word *h1én From English endo- (prefix meaning ‘internal, inside, within’) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, gush, stream”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”)) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque:
endorreiko
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Belarusian:
бяссцёкавая
(bjasscjókavaja)
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Bulgarian:
безотточна
(bezottočna)
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Chinese Mandarin:
內流 /内流
(nèiliú)
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Czech:
bezodtoký
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Danish:
endorheisk
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Dutch:
endoreïsch
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Esperanto:
senelflua
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Estonian:
äravooluta
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Finnish:
sisäinen
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
French:
endoréique
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Galician:
endorreico
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Georgian:
გაუდინარი
(gaudinari)
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
German:
endorheisch
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Hungarian:
lefolyástalan
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Indonesian:
endoreik
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Italian:
endoreico
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Kazakh:
ағынсыз
(ağynsyz)
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Korean:
내륙 유역
(naeryuk yuyeok)
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Latin:
endorheicus
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Latvian:
beznoteces
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Norwegian Bokmål:
endorheisk
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Norwegian Nynorsk:
endorheisk
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Occitan:
endoreïc
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Polish:
bezodpływowy
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Portuguese:
endorreico
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Romanian:
endoreic
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Russian:
бессточный
(besstočnyj)
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Sardinian:
endoréicu
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Serbo-Croatian:
endoreičan
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Slovene:
endoreičen
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Spanish:
endorreico
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Swedish:
endorheisk
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Turkish:
kapalı
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation
Ukrainian:
безсті́чна
(bezstíčna)
— having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation