Phrase guide

tap water

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Water that comes from a tap.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: drinking water
  • We all want tap water always to be potable water, but ensuring this equivalence takes work and commitment.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drinking water

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: water

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of having water available from taps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Although we lived in the city, we didn't have tap water.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: running water

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

water directly from the spigot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: water, H2O

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kraanwater — water from a tap
  • Arabic: مَاء الحَنَفِيَّة (māʔ al-ḥanafiyya) — water from a tap
  • Asturian: agua'l cañu — water from a tap
  • Basque: iturriko ura — water from a tap
  • Bulgarian: чешмя́на вода́ (češmjána vodá) — water from a tap
  • Catalan: aigua de l'aixeta — water from a tap
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自來水 /自来水 (zìláishuǐ) — water from a tap
  • Czech: voda z vodovodu — water from a tap
  • Czech: kohoutková voda — water from a tap
  • Danish: postevand — water from a tap
  • Dutch: kraantjeswater — water from a tap
  • Dutch: leidingwater — water from a tap
  • Esperanto: entuba akvo — water from a tap
  • Estonian: kraanivesi — water from a tap
  • Finnish: vesijohtovesi — water from a tap
  • Finnish: hanavesi — water from a tap
  • Finnish: kraanavesi — water from a tap
  • French: eau du robinet — water from a tap
  • Galician: auga da billa — water from a tap
  • German: Leitungswasser — water from a tap
  • German: Hahnenwasser — water from a tap
  • German: Hanewasser — water from a tap
  • Greek: νερό της βρύσης (neró tis vrýsis) — water from a tap
  • Hawaiian: wai paipu — water from a tap
  • Hungarian: sima víz — water from a tap
  • Hungarian: csapvíz — water from a tap
  • Icelandic: kranavatn — water from a tap
  • Indonesian: air keran — water from a tap
  • Italian: acqua del rubinetto — water from a tap
  • Japanese: 水道水 (suidōsui) — water from a tap
  • Japanese: 生水 (namamizu) — water from a tap
  • Korean: 수돗물 (sudonmul) — water from a tap
  • Lithuanian: vanduo iš čiaupo — water from a tap
  • Macedonian: вода од чешма (voda od češma) — water from a tap
  • Polish: kranówka — water from a tap
  • Polish: woda kranowa — water from a tap
  • Portuguese: água da torneira — water from a tap
  • Portuguese: água encanada — water from a tap
  • Portuguese: água canalizada — water from a tap
  • Romanian: apă de la robinet — water from a tap
  • Russian: водопрово́дная вода́ (vodoprovódnaja vodá) — water from a tap
  • Serbo-Croatian: voda iz slavine — water from a tap
  • Spanish: agua del grifo — water from a tap
  • Spanish: agua de caño — water from a tap
  • Swedish: kranvatten — water from a tap
  • Swedish: dricksvatten — water from a tap
  • Tagalog: tubig gripo — water from a tap
  • Thai: น้ําก๊อก — water from a tap
  • Thai: น้ําประปา (náam-bprà-bpaa) — water from a tap
  • Turkish: musluk suyu — water from a tap
  • Vietnamese: nước máy — water from a tap
  • Welsh: dŵr tap — water from a tap
  • Finnish: vesijohtovesi — state of having tap water available
  • Finnish: juokseva vesi — state of having tap water available
  • German: Wasser aus der Leitung — state of having tap water available
  • German: fließendes Wasser — state of having tap water available
  • Polish: kranówka — state of having tap water available
  • Polish: woda kranowa — state of having tap water available