adj
Meaning 1
Living in fresh water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The trout is a freshwater fish.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
freshwater
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/
-
cot-caught-merger: /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɑtər/
-
/ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔtər/ without the cot–caught merger
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
CMU ARPABET: F R EH1 SH W AO2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Consisting of fresh water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Unskilled as a seaman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Neoclassical, in reference to the macroeconomics and economic departments near the Great Lakes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable
Topics: economics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sweetwater
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
A place name:
A large village and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3387).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
A place name:
A settlement on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 7
A place name:
A designated place at Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 8
A place name:
A neighbourhood of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 9
A place name:
An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 10
A place name:
An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 11
A place name:
A northern suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 12
A place name:
A suburb of Cairns in Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 13
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
A body of fresh water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
Alternative form of fresh water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
water that is not salty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fresh water
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: water, H2O
Narrower terms: rain, rainwater, condensate
History
Etymology
From Middle English freche watur, fresshe water; equivalent to fresh + water.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: varswater — living in fresh water
- Bulgarian: сладководен (sladkovoden) — living in fresh water
- Czech: sladkovodní — living in fresh water
- Danish: ferskvands- — living in fresh water
- Finnish: makean veden — living in fresh water
- French: dulçaquicole — living in fresh water
- French: dulcicole — living in fresh water
- Galician: de auga doce — living in fresh water
- Georgian: მტკნარი წყლის (mṭḳnari c̣q̇lis) — living in fresh water
- German: Süßwasser- — living in fresh water
- Hungarian: édesvízi — living in fresh water
- Irish: fionnuisce — living in fresh water
- Italian: acqua dolce — living in fresh water
- Malay: air tawar — living in fresh water
- Malayalam: ശുദ്ധജല (śuddhajala) — living in fresh water
- Norwegian Bokmål: ferskvanns- — living in fresh water
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ferskvass- — living in fresh water
- Pannonian Rusyn: сладководни (sladkovodni) — living in fresh water
- Polish: słodkowodny — living in fresh water
- Romanian: de apă dulce — living in fresh water
- Russian: пресново́дный (presnovódnyj) — living in fresh water
- Southern Altai: тус јок суулу (tus ǰok suulu) — living in fresh water
- Spanish: dulceacuícola — living in fresh water
- Swedish: sötvattens- — living in fresh water
- Bulgarian: сладководен (sladkovoden) — consisting of fresh water
- Danish: ferskvands- — consisting of fresh water
- Finnish: makeavetinen — consisting of fresh water
- German: Süßwasser- — consisting of fresh water
- Irish: fionnuisce — consisting of fresh water
- Malayalam: ശുദ്ധജലം (śuddhajalaṁ) — consisting of fresh water
- Pannonian Rusyn: сладководни (sladkovodni) — consisting of fresh water
- Polish: słodkowodny — consisting of fresh water
- Finnish: järvi- — unskilled as seaman
- Finnish: sisävesi- — unskilled as seaman
- French: marin d'eau douce — unskilled as seaman
- Galician: mariño de auga doce — unskilled as seaman
- Irish: úruisce — unskilled as seaman
- Finnish: makean veden vesistö — body of fresh water
- Irish: fionnuisce — body of fresh water
Real reading context