noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈpɒnɪks/
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General-American:hī'drə-pŏnʹĭks
General-American:/ˌhaɪdɹəˈpɑnɪks/
rhymes with -ɒnɪks
1
noun
Meaning 1
The cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aquiculture, tank farming
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farming, agriculture, husbandry
Narrower terms: drip culture
History
Etymology
From hydro- (“water”) + -ponics, which is from geoponics.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
無土栽培 /无土栽培
(wútǔ zāipéi)
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Chinese Mandarin:
水耕栽培
(shuǐgēng zāipéi)
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Chinese Mandarin:
水培
(shuǐpéi)
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Czech:
hydroponie
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Finnish:
vesiviljely
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
French:
hydroponie
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Georgian:
ჰიდროპონიკა
(hidroṗoniḳa)
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
German:
Hydrokultur
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Greek:
υδροπονία
(ydroponía)
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Icelandic:
vökvaræktun
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Icelandic:
vatnsrækt
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Italian:
idroponica
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Japanese:
水耕栽培
(suikō saibai)
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Japanese:
水栽培
(mizusaibai)
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Malayalam:
ഹൈഡ്രോപോണിക്സ്
(haiḍrōpōṇiksŭ)
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Portuguese:
hidroponia
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Portuguese:
hidropónica
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Portuguese:
hidropônica
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Russian:
гидропо́ника
(gidropónika)
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Swedish:
hydrokultur
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Tagalog:
danumlinangan
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Vietnamese:
thủy canh
— cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
