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water cycle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The natural cycle of evaporation of water from the oceans etc, and subsequent condensation and precipitation as rain and snow

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  • Amharic: የውሃ ኡደት (yäwha ʾudät) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Azerbaijani: su dövranı — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Basque: uraren zikloa — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Catalan: cicle hidrològic — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Chinese: 水循环 (chúi-sûn-khoân) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水循环 (shuǐxúnhuán) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Dutch: waterkringloop — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Esperanto: ciklo de akvo — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Finnish: veden kiertokulku — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • French: cycle de l'eau — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Galician: ciclo da auga — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Galician: ciclo hidrolóxico — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Georgian: წყლის წრებრუნვა (c̣q̇lis c̣rebrunva) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • German: Wasserkreislauf — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Gujarati: જળ ચક્ર (jaḷ cakra) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Hindi: जल चक्र (jal cakra) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Icelandic: hringrás vatns — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Igbo: etemete mmírí — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Irish: timthriall an uisce — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Irish: timthriall hidreolaíoch — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Italian: ciclo dell'acqua — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Italian: ciclo idrologico — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Kannada: ಜಲ ಚಕ್ರ (jala cakra) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Kazakh: табиғаттағы су айналымы (tabiğattağy su ainalymy) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Latgalian: iudiņa cyklys — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Malay: kitaran air — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Māori: hurihanga wai — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Marathi: जलचक्र (jalcakra) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Norwegian: vannets kretsløp — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Portuguese: ciclo da água — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Portuguese: ciclo hidrológico — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Punjabi: ਜਲ ਚੱਕਰ (jal cakkar) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Quechua: yaku muyuriy — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Russian: гидрологи́ческий цикл (gidrologíčeskij cikl) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Russian: круговоро́т воды́ в приро́де (krugovorót vodý v priróde) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Shona: nhevedzwa dzemvura — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Spanish: ciclo del agua — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Spanish: ciclo hidrológico — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Sundanese: ᮓᮅᮁ ᮎᮄ (daur cai) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Swedish: vattnets kretslopp — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Tamil: நீர் சுழற்சி (nīr cuḻaṟci) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Telugu: జలచక్రం (jalacakraṁ) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Tibetan: ཆུ་ཁམས་འཁོར་སྐྱོད། (chu khams 'khor skyod) — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  • Vietnamese: vòng tuần hoàn nước — the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation