noun · 2 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
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:/haɪˈdɹɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/haɪˈdɹɑɡ.ɹə.fi/
rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
1
noun
Meaning 1
The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oceanography, oceanology
History
Etymology
From hydro- + -graphy.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
hidrografie
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Albanian:
hidrografia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Armenian:
ջրագրություն
(ǰragrutʻyun)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Asturian:
hidrografía
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Azerbaijani:
hidroqrafiya
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Basque:
hidrografia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Bengali:
জললেখবিজ্ঞান
(jollekhbiggên)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Bulgarian:
хидрография
(hidrografija)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Catalan:
hidrografia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Chinese Mandarin:
水文地理學 /水文地理学
(shuǐwén dìlǐxué)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Czech:
vodopis
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Czech:
hydrografie
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Danish:
hydrografi
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Dutch:
hydrografie
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Esperanto:
hidrografio
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Estonian:
hüdrograafia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Finnish:
hydrografia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
French:
hydrographie
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Galician:
hidrografía
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Georgian:
ჰიდროგრაფია
(hidrograpia)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
German:
Hydrographie
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Greek:
υδρογραφία
(ydrografía)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Haitian Creole:
idwografi
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Hebrew:
הידרוגרפיה
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Hungarian:
vízrajz
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Hungarian:
hidrográfia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Ido:
hidrografio
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Indonesian:
hidrografi
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Irish:
hidreagrafaíocht
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Italian:
idrografia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Japanese:
水路学
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Kazakh:
гидрография
(gidrografiä)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Khmer:
ឧទកសាស្ត្រ
(ʼŏtôkâsastrâ)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Korean:
수로학
(surohak)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Kyrgyz:
гидрография
(gidrografiya)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Lithuanian:
hidrografija
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Luxembourgish:
Hydrographie
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Macedonian:
хидрографија
(hidrografija)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Malay:
hidrografi
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Norwegian:
hydrografi
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Persian:
آبنگاری
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Polish:
hydrografia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Portuguese:
hidrografia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Romanian:
hidrografie
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Russian:
гидрогра́фия
(gidrográfija)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Serbo-Croatian:
hidrografija
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Sindhi:
آبونگاري
(ābõgāre)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Slovak:
hydrogeografia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Slovak:
vodopis
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Slovak:
hydrografia
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Spanish:
hidrografía
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Swedish:
hydrografi
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Tamil:
நீராய்வியல்
(nīrāyviyal)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Thai:
อุทกศาสตร์
(ù-tók-gà-sàat)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Turkish:
hidrografya
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Ukrainian:
гідрографія
(hidrohrafija)
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Uzbek:
gidrografiya
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Vietnamese:
thuỷ đạc học
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
Welsh:
hydrograffeg
— Measurement and description of navigable waters
