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Water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: soft water
water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: soft water
Broader terms: water, H2O
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
硬水
(yìngshuǐ)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Danish:
hårdt vand
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Dutch:
hard water
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Finnish:
kova vesi
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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French:
eau dure
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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German:
hartes Wasser
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Greek:
σκληρό νερό
(skliró neró)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Gujarati:
કઠિન પાણી
(kaṭhin pāṇī)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Indonesian:
air sadah
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Irish:
uisce crua
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Japanese:
硬水
(kōsui)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Kazakh:
кермек су
(kermek su)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Korean:
경수
(gyeongsu)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Korean:
센물
(senmul)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Malay:
air liat
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Polish:
twarda woda
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Portuguese:
água dura
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Romanian:
apă dură
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Russian:
жёсткая вода́
(žóstkaja vodá)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Spanish:
agua dura
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Swedish:
hårt vatten
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Thai:
น้ํากระด้าง
(náam-grà-dâang)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Turkish:
sert su
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Ukrainian:
тверда́ вода́
(tverdá vodá)
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
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Welsh:
dŵr caled
— water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
