Phrase guide

water dog

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A retriever type of gun dog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of seadog (“a sailor accustomed to the sea”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seadog

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a dog accustomed to water and usually trained to retrieve waterfowl

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sporting dog, gun dog

4

noun

Meaning 4

a person who enjoys being in or on the water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: water rat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sailor, crewman

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: waterhond — water dog
  • Aragonese: can d'agua — water dog
  • Basque: urtxakur — water dog
  • Bulgarian: водно куче (vodno kuče) — water dog
  • Catalan: gos d'aigua — water dog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水犬 (shuǐquǎn) — water dog
  • Czech: vodní pes — water dog
  • Danish: vandhund — water dog
  • Dutch: waterhond — water dog
  • Estonian: veekoer — water dog
  • Finnish: vesikoira — water dog
  • Finnish: vedestä noutava lintukoira — water dog
  • French: chien d'eau — water dog
  • North Frisian: weederhünj — water dog
  • Saterland Frisian: Woaterhúund — water dog
  • West-Frisian: wetterhûn — water dog
  • Galician: can de auga — water dog
  • German: Wasserhund — water dog
  • Hungarian: vízikutya — water dog
  • Icelandic: vatnahundur — water dog
  • Indonesian: anjing air — water dog
  • Irish: uisceadóir — water dog
  • Italian: cane d'acqua — water dog
  • Japanese: ウォーター・ドッグ (wōtā doggu) — water dog
  • Korean: 워터 도그 (woteo dogeu) — water dog
  • Latvian: ūdenssuns — water dog
  • Lithuanian: vandens šuo — water dog
  • Luxembourgish: Waasserhond — water dog
  • Malay: anjing air — water dog
  • Mirandese: perro d'auga — water dog
  • Norwegian: vannhund — water dog
  • Polish: pies wodny — water dog
  • Polish: pies dowodny — water dog
  • Portuguese: cão de água — water dog
  • Portuguese: cão d'água — water dog
  • Romanian: câine de apă — water dog
  • Russian: водяная соба́ка (vodjanaja sobáka) — water dog
  • Serbo-Croatian: voden pas — water dog
  • Serbo-Croatian: воден пас — water dog
  • Slovak: vodný pes — water dog
  • Spanish: perro de agua — water dog
  • Swedish: vattenhund — water dog
  • Turkish: su köpeği — water dog
  • Ukrainian: водяний собака (vodjanyj sobaka) — water dog
  • Vietnamese: chó lội nước — water dog
  • Welsh: ci dŵr — water dog