Phrase guide

fresh water

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: varswater — water with little salt
  • Albanian: ujë të freskët — water with little salt
  • Arabic: مَاء عَذْب (māʔ ʕaḏb) — water with little salt
  • Armenian: քաղցրահամ ջուր (kʻaġcʻraham ǰur) — water with little salt
  • Azerbaijani: içməli su — water with little salt
  • Belarusian: прэ́сная вада́ (présnaja vadá) — water with little salt
  • Bengali: স্বাদু পানি (śadu pani) — water with little salt
  • Bulgarian: пря́сна вода́ (prjásna vodá) — water with little salt
  • Bulgarian: пря́сна во́да (prjásna vóda) — water with little salt
  • Burmese: ရေချို (rehkyui) — water with little salt
  • Catalan: aigua dolça — water with little salt
  • Chinese Cantonese: 淡水 (taam5 seoi2) — water with little salt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 淡水 (dànshuǐ) — water with little salt
  • Czech: sladká voda — water with little salt
  • Danish: ferskvand — water with little salt
  • Dutch: zoet water — water with little salt
  • Esperanto: dolĉakvo — water with little salt
  • Estonian: magevesi — water with little salt
  • Finnish: makea vesi — water with little salt
  • French: eau douce — water with little salt
  • Gagauz: tatlı su — water with little salt
  • Galician: auga doce — water with little salt
  • Georgian: მტკნარი წყალი (mṭḳnari c̣q̇ali) — water with little salt
  • German: Süßwasser — water with little salt
  • Greek: γλυκό νερό (glykó neró) — water with little salt
  • Ancient Greek: γλυκύ ὕδωρ (glukú húdōr) — water with little salt
  • Hebrew: מַיִם מְתוּקִים (mayim metukim) — water with little salt
  • Hindi: मीठा जल (mīṭhā jal) — water with little salt
  • Hungarian: édesvíz — water with little salt
  • Icelandic: ferskvatn — water with little salt
  • Indonesian: air tawar — water with little salt
  • Irish: fionnuisce — water with little salt
  • Irish: fíoruisce — water with little salt
  • Italian: acqua dolce — water with little salt
  • Japanese: 淡水 (tansui) — water with little salt
  • Japanese: 真水 (mamizu) — water with little salt
  • Kazakh: тұщы су (tūşy su) — water with little salt
  • Khmer: ទឹកសាប (tɨk saap) — water with little salt
  • Korean: 민물 (minmul) — water with little salt
  • Korean: 담수 (damsu) — water with little salt
  • Northern Kurdish: ava şîrîn — water with little salt
  • Kyrgyz: таза суу (taza suu) — water with little salt
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາຈືດ (nam chư̄t) — water with little salt
  • Latin: aqua dulcis — water with little salt
  • Latvian: saldūdens — water with little salt
  • Lithuanian: gėlas vanduo — water with little salt
  • Low German: Söötwater — water with little salt
  • Macedonian: свежа вода (sveža voda) — water with little salt
  • Macedonian: слатка вода (slatka voda) — water with little salt
  • Malay: air tawar — water with little salt
  • Malayalam: ശുദ്ധജലം (śuddhajalaṁ) — water with little salt
  • Māori: wai māori — water with little salt
  • Mongolian: цэвэр ус (cever us) — water with little salt
  • Mongolian: цэнгэг ус (cengeg us) — water with little salt
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠡᠪᠡᠷ ᠤᠰᠤ (čeber usu) — water with little salt
  • Norman: ieau douoche — water with little salt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ferskvann — water with little salt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ferskvatn — water with little salt
  • Occitan: aiga doça — water with little salt
  • Old Norse: vatn — water with little salt
  • Pashto: تازه اوبه (tāza obǝ) — water with little salt
  • Iranian Persian: آبِ شیرین (âb-e širin) — water with little salt
  • Polish: słodka woda — water with little salt
  • Portuguese: água doce — water with little salt
  • Romanian: apă dulce — water with little salt
  • Russian: пре́сная вода́ (présnaja vodá) — water with little salt
  • Scottish Gaelic: fìor-uisge — water with little salt
  • Serbo-Croatian: слатка вода — water with little salt
  • Serbo-Croatian: свежа вода — water with little salt
  • Serbo-Croatian: свјежа вода — water with little salt
  • Serbo-Croatian: slatka voda — water with little salt
  • Serbo-Croatian: sveža voda — water with little salt
  • Serbo-Croatian: svježa voda — water with little salt
  • Slovak: sladká voda — water with little salt
  • Slovene: sveža voda — water with little salt
  • Slovene: sladka voda — water with little salt
  • Southern Altai: тус јок суу (tus ǰok suu) — water with little salt
  • Spanish: agua dulce — water with little salt
  • Swahili: maji matamu — water with little salt
  • Swedish: sötvatten — water with little salt
  • Swedish: färskvatten — water with little salt
  • Tajik: оби ширин (ob-i širin) — water with little salt
  • Tamil: நன்னீர் (naṉṉīr) — water with little salt
  • Thai: น้ําจืด (nám-jʉ̀ʉt) — water with little salt
  • Tiwi: kukuni — water with little salt
  • Tok Pisin: kolwara — water with little salt
  • Turkish: tatlı su — water with little salt
  • Ukrainian: прі́сна вода́ (prísna vodá) — water with little salt
  • Uzbek: chuchuk suv — water with little salt
  • Vietnamese: nước ngọt — water with little salt
  • Vietnamese: nước nhạt — water with little salt
  • Welsh: dŵr croyw — water with little salt