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Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sweet water, sweetwater
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: water
water that is not salty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: freshwater
Antonyms: saltwater
Broader terms: water, H2O
Narrower terms: rain, rainwater, condensate
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
varswater
— water with little salt
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Albanian:
ujë të freskët
— water with little salt
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Arabic:
مَاء عَذْب
(māʔ ʕaḏb)
— water with little salt
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Armenian:
քաղցրահամ ջուր
(kʻaġcʻraham ǰur)
— water with little salt
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Azerbaijani:
içməli su
— water with little salt
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Belarusian:
прэ́сная вада́
(présnaja vadá)
— water with little salt
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Bengali:
স্বাদু পানি
(śadu pani)
— water with little salt
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Bulgarian:
пря́сна вода́
(prjásna vodá)
— water with little salt
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Bulgarian:
пря́сна во́да
(prjásna vóda)
— water with little salt
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Burmese:
ရေချို
(rehkyui)
— water with little salt
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Catalan:
aigua dolça
— water with little salt
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Chinese Cantonese:
淡水
(taam5 seoi2)
— water with little salt
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Chinese Mandarin:
淡水
(dànshuǐ)
— water with little salt
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Czech:
sladká voda
— water with little salt
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Danish:
ferskvand
— water with little salt
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Dutch:
zoet water
— water with little salt
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Esperanto:
dolĉakvo
— water with little salt
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Estonian:
magevesi
— water with little salt
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Finnish:
makea vesi
— water with little salt
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French:
eau douce
— water with little salt
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Gagauz:
tatlı su
— water with little salt
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Galician:
auga doce
— water with little salt
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Georgian:
მტკნარი წყალი
(mṭḳnari c̣q̇ali)
— water with little salt
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German:
Süßwasser
— water with little salt
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Greek:
γλυκό νερό
(glykó neró)
— water with little salt
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Ancient Greek:
γλυκύ ὕδωρ
(glukú húdōr)
— water with little salt
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Hebrew:
מַיִם מְתוּקִים
(mayim metukim)
— water with little salt
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Hindi:
मीठा जल
(mīṭhā jal)
— water with little salt
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Hungarian:
édesvíz
— water with little salt
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Icelandic:
ferskvatn
— water with little salt
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Indonesian:
air tawar
— water with little salt
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Irish:
fionnuisce
— water with little salt
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Irish:
fíoruisce
— water with little salt
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Italian:
acqua dolce
— water with little salt
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Japanese:
淡水
(tansui)
— water with little salt
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Japanese:
真水
(mamizu)
— water with little salt
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Kazakh:
тұщы су
(tūşy su)
— water with little salt
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Khmer:
ទឹកសាប
(tɨk saap)
— water with little salt
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Korean:
민물
(minmul)
— water with little salt
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Korean:
담수
(damsu)
— water with little salt
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Northern Kurdish:
ava şîrîn
— water with little salt
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Kyrgyz:
таза суу
(taza suu)
— water with little salt
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Lao:
ນ້ໍາຈືດ
(nam chư̄t)
— water with little salt
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Latin:
aqua dulcis
— water with little salt
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Latvian:
saldūdens
— water with little salt
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Lithuanian:
gėlas vanduo
— water with little salt
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Low German:
Söötwater
— water with little salt
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Macedonian:
свежа вода
(sveža voda)
— water with little salt
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Macedonian:
слатка вода
(slatka voda)
— water with little salt
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Malay:
air tawar
— water with little salt
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Malayalam:
ശുദ്ധജലം
(śuddhajalaṁ)
— water with little salt
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Māori:
wai māori
— water with little salt
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Mongolian:
цэвэр ус
(cever us)
— water with little salt
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Mongolian:
цэнгэг ус
(cengeg us)
— water with little salt
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Mongolian:
ᠴᠡᠪᠡᠷ ᠤᠰᠤ
(čeber usu)
— water with little salt
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Norman:
ieau douoche
— water with little salt
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ferskvann
— water with little salt
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ferskvatn
— water with little salt
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Occitan:
aiga doça
— water with little salt
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Old Norse:
vatn
— water with little salt
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Pashto:
تازه اوبه
(tāza obǝ)
— water with little salt
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Iranian Persian:
آبِ شیرین
(âb-e širin)
— water with little salt
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Polish:
słodka woda
— water with little salt
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Portuguese:
água doce
— water with little salt
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Romanian:
apă dulce
— water with little salt
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Russian:
пре́сная вода́
(présnaja vodá)
— water with little salt
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Scottish Gaelic:
fìor-uisge
— water with little salt
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Serbo-Croatian:
слатка вода
— water with little salt
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Serbo-Croatian:
свежа вода
— water with little salt
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Serbo-Croatian:
свјежа вода
— water with little salt
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Serbo-Croatian:
slatka voda
— water with little salt
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Serbo-Croatian:
sveža voda
— water with little salt
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Serbo-Croatian:
svježa voda
— water with little salt
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Slovak:
sladká voda
— water with little salt
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Slovene:
sveža voda
— water with little salt
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Slovene:
sladka voda
— water with little salt
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Southern Altai:
тус јок суу
(tus ǰok suu)
— water with little salt
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Spanish:
agua dulce
— water with little salt
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Swahili:
maji matamu
— water with little salt
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Swedish:
sötvatten
— water with little salt
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Swedish:
färskvatten
— water with little salt
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Tajik:
оби ширин
(ob-i širin)
— water with little salt
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Tamil:
நன்னீர்
(naṉṉīr)
— water with little salt
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Thai:
น้ําจืด
(nám-jʉ̀ʉt)
— water with little salt
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Tiwi:
kukuni
— water with little salt
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Tok Pisin:
kolwara
— water with little salt
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Turkish:
tatlı su
— water with little salt
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Ukrainian:
прі́сна вода́
(prísna vodá)
— water with little salt
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Uzbek:
chuchuk suv
— water with little salt
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Vietnamese:
nước ngọt
— water with little salt
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Vietnamese:
nước nhạt
— water with little salt
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Welsh:
dŵr croyw
— water with little salt