Standard Lemma guide

estuary

name · noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɛstjʊəɹi/
  • UK: /ˈɛst͡ʃʊəɹi/
  • UK: /ˈɛst͡ʃəɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɛst͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 S CH UW0 EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Estuary English

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.

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 wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body of water, water

Narrower terms: firth, Humber, Para, Para River, Rio de la Plata, La Plata, Plata River

History

Etymology

From Latin aestuarium (“creek”, “estuary of a river”).

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: estuarium — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Albanian: deltë — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Arabic: مَصَبّ (maṣabb) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Arabic: فُغْرَة (fuḡra) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Arabic: خَوْر (ḵawr) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Armenian: գետաբերան (getaberan) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Azerbaijani: çay ağzı — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Azerbaijani: mənsəb — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • West Coast Bajau: boa' soang — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Basque: estuario — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Belarusian: эстуа́рый (estuáryj) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Belarusian: ву́сце (vúscje) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Bengali: মোহনা (mōhona) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Bulgarian: естуа́р (estuár) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Catalan: estuari — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 河口 (hékǒu) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出海口 (chūhǎikǒu) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 入海口 (rùhǎikǒu) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Czech: ústí — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Danish: æstuarium — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Danish: flodmunding — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Dutch: estuarium — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Esperanto: estuaro — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Estonian: estuaar — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Estonian: lehtersuue — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Faroese: ósi — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Faroese: áarósi — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Finnish: murtovesi — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Finnish: murtovesialue — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Finnish: estuaari — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • French: estuaire — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Galician: esteiro — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Galician: ría — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Georgian: ესტუარი (esṭuari) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Georgian: შესართავი (šesartavi) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • German: Ästuar — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • German: Flussmündung — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • German: Mündungsgebiet — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Greek: εκβολή (ekvolí) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Greek: κολπίσκος (kolpískos) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Hawaiian: muliwai — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Hungarian: tölcsértorkolat — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Icelandic: ármynni — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Icelandic: árós — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Icelandic: ós — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Ido: estuario — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Indonesian: estuari — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Iranun: penggak — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Irish: inbhir — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Italian: estuario — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Japanese: 河口 — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Kannada: ನದೀಮುಖ (nadīmukha) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Korean: 삼각강 (samgakgang) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Korean: 하구 (hagu) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Korean: 강어귀 (gang'eogwi) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Latin: aestuārium — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Latvian: grīva — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Latvian: estuārijs — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Lithuanian: estuarija — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Macedonian: естуар (estuar) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Malay: muara — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Manx: inver — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Māori: pūaha — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Māori: pūwaha — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Māori: pūahatanga — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Māori: wahapū — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Classical Nahuatl: amaitl — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: estuar — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: estuar — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Occitan: estuari — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Persian: مصب (masabb) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Persian: پایرود (pây-rôd) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Persian: خور (xowr) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Polish: estuarium — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Polish: ujście — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Portuguese: estuário — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Romanian: estuar — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Russian: эстуа́рий (estuárij) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Russian: у́стье (ústʹje) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Scottish Gaelic: inbhir — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Serbo-Croatian: естуариј — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Serbo-Croatian: естуар — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Serbo-Croatian: estuarij — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Serbo-Croatian: estuar — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Slovak: ústie — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Slovene: estuarij — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Spanish: estuario — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Swedish: estuarium — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Swedish: estuarie — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Tagalog: wawa — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Tagalog: estero — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Tagalog: estuwaryo — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Thai: ปากน้ํา (bpàak-náam) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Turkish: haliç — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Ottoman Turkish: لیمان (liman) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Ukrainian: естуа́рій (estuárij) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Ukrainian: у́стя (ústja) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Ukrainian: ги́рло (hýrlo) — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Vietnamese: cửa sông — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Welsh: aber — place where ocean tides and river water merge
  • Galician: ría — an ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water
  • German: Meeresarm — an ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water
  • Spanish: ría — an ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water
Real reading context

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