Phrase guide

watering can

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted with a perforated nozzle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watering pot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: container

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gieter — utensil for watering plants
  • Albanian: vaditëse — utensil for watering plants
  • Albanian: ujitëse — utensil for watering plants
  • Amharic: አጠጣ ነገር ማድረግ ይችላል (ʾäṭäṭa nägär madräg yəčlal) — utensil for watering plants
  • Arabic: مِرَشّ (mirašš) — utensil for watering plants
  • Arabic: مِرَشَّة (mirašša) — utensil for watering plants
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܪܲܣܣܵܢܵܐ (mrassānā) — utensil for watering plants
  • Armenian: ցնցուղ (cʻncʻuġ) — utensil for watering plants
  • Assamese: জৰা (zora) — utensil for watering plants
  • Azerbaijani: susəpən — utensil for watering plants
  • Basque: ureztatu ahal — utensil for watering plants
  • Belarusian: паліва́чка (paliváčka) — utensil for watering plants
  • Belarusian: ле́йка (ljéjka) — utensil for watering plants
  • Bengali: সেচনী (śeconi) — utensil for watering plants
  • Bulgarian: ле́йка (léjka) — utensil for watering plants
  • Burmese: လုပ်နိုင်တဲ့ရေလောင်း (lupnuingtai.relaung:) — utensil for watering plants
  • Catalan: regadora — utensil for watering plants
  • Chichewa: kuthirira angathe — utensil for watering plants
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噴壺 /喷壶 (pēnhú) — utensil for watering plants
  • Chinese Mandarin: 澆水器 /浇水器 — utensil for watering plants
  • Chinese Mandarin: 澆水壺 /浇水壶 — utensil for watering plants
  • Czech: konev — utensil for watering plants
  • Czech: konev na vodu — utensil for watering plants
  • Czech: kropáč — utensil for watering plants
  • Danish: vandkande — utensil for watering plants
  • Dutch: gieter — utensil for watering plants
  • Esperanto: akvumilo — utensil for watering plants
  • Estonian: kastekann — utensil for watering plants
  • Finnish: kastelukannu — utensil for watering plants
  • French: arrosoir — utensil for watering plants
  • West-Frisian: gieter — utensil for watering plants
  • Galician: regadeira — utensil for watering plants
  • Georgian: მორწყვა შესაძლებელია (morc̣q̇va šesaʒlebelia) — utensil for watering plants
  • German: Gießkanne — utensil for watering plants
  • Greek: ποτιστήρι (potistíri) — utensil for watering plants
  • Gujarati: ઝારી (jhārī) — utensil for watering plants
  • Haitian Creole: awozwa — utensil for watering plants
  • Hebrew: מַזְלֵף (mazléf) — utensil for watering plants
  • Hindi: हज़ारा (hazārā) — utensil for watering plants
  • Hindi: टीन का बरतन (ṭīn kā bartan) — utensil for watering plants
  • Hungarian: locsolókanna — utensil for watering plants
  • Indonesian: kaleng penyiraman — utensil for watering plants
  • Indonesian: gembor — utensil for watering plants
  • Ingrian: leikka — utensil for watering plants
  • Italian: innaffiatoio — utensil for watering plants
  • Italian: annaffiatoio — utensil for watering plants
  • Japanese: じょうろ (jōro) — utensil for watering plants
  • Kannada: ನೀರಿನ ಕ್ಯಾನ್ (nīrina kyān) — utensil for watering plants
  • Kazakh: мүмкін суару (mümkın suaru) — utensil for watering plants
  • Khmer: ធុងស្រោចទឹក (thung sraoc tɨk) — utensil for watering plants
  • Korean: 물뿌리개 (mulppurigae) — utensil for watering plants
  • Northern Kurdish: avdana dikare — utensil for watering plants
  • Kyrgyz: жайытка алат (jayıtka alat) — utensil for watering plants
  • Lao: ບົວຫົດນ້ໍາ (bua hodnam) — utensil for watering plants
  • Latin: nāsiterna — utensil for watering plants
  • Latvian: lejkanna — utensil for watering plants
  • Lithuanian: laistytuvas — utensil for watering plants
  • Luxembourgish: Géisskan — utensil for watering plants
  • Luxembourgish: Strenz — utensil for watering plants
  • Macedonian: ва́далка (vádalka) — utensil for watering plants
  • Macedonian: поли́валка (polívalka) — utensil for watering plants
  • Macedonian: ка́нта (kánta) — utensil for watering plants
  • Malagasy: fisotroan afaka — utensil for watering plants
  • Malay: bekas siraman — utensil for watering plants
  • Malay: penyiram — utensil for watering plants
  • Malayalam: കഴിയും വെള്ളമൊഴിച്ച് (kaḻiyuṁ veḷḷamoḻiccŭ) — utensil for watering plants
  • Maltese: bexxiexa — utensil for watering plants
  • Manchu: ᡶᡠᠰᡠᡴᡠ (fusuku) — utensil for watering plants
  • Māori: taea e taurite — utensil for watering plants
  • Mongolian: услагч (uslagč) — utensil for watering plants
  • Mongolian: түсрэг (tüsreg) — utensil for watering plants
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠰᠤᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (usulaɣči) — utensil for watering plants
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠰᠦᠷᠭᠡ (tüsürge) — utensil for watering plants
  • Norman: arrouôseux — utensil for watering plants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannkanne — utensil for watering plants
  • Occitan: aigador — utensil for watering plants
  • Pashto: اوپاش (opash) — utensil for watering plants
  • Iranian Persian: آبپاش (âb-pâš) — utensil for watering plants
  • Plautdietsch: Jeetkaun — utensil for watering plants
  • Polish: konewka — utensil for watering plants
  • Portuguese: regador — utensil for watering plants
  • Portuguese: aguador — utensil for watering plants
  • Punjabi: ਪਾਣੀ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ (pāṇī kar sakde ho) — utensil for watering plants
  • Romanian: stropitoare — utensil for watering plants
  • Russian: ле́йка (léjka) — utensil for watering plants
  • Samoan: feinu mafaia — utensil for watering plants
  • Scottish Gaelic: feuraich urrainn — utensil for watering plants
  • Serbo-Croatian: канта за воду — utensil for watering plants
  • Serbo-Croatian: kanta za vodu — utensil for watering plants
  • Shona: achidiridzira anogona — utensil for watering plants
  • Silesian: giskana — utensil for watering plants
  • Sindhi: جھنڊڪار ڪندڙ دٻو (jh̃ḍkār k̃dṛ dḇo) — utensil for watering plants
  • Sinhalese: හැකි ජලය (hæki jalaya) — utensil for watering plants
  • Slovak: kanva — utensil for watering plants
  • Slovak: krhla — utensil for watering plants
  • Slovene: škropilnica — utensil for watering plants
  • Sotho: nosetsa ka se khonang — utensil for watering plants
  • Spanish: regadera — utensil for watering plants
  • Spanish: rociadera — utensil for watering plants
  • Swedish: vattenkanna — utensil for watering plants
  • Tagalog: pandilig — utensil for watering plants
  • Tajik: камобӣ метавонад (kamobi metavonad) — utensil for watering plants
  • Tamil: நீர்ப்பாசனம் முடியும் (nīrppācaṉam muṭiyum) — utensil for watering plants
  • Telugu: నీరు త్రాగుటకు లేక చెయ్యవచ్చు (nīru trāguṭaku lēka ceyyavaccu) — utensil for watering plants
  • Thai: บัวรดน้ํา (buua-rót-náam) — utensil for watering plants
  • Turkish: sulama kovası — utensil for watering plants
  • Turkish: sulama kabı — utensil for watering plants
  • Ukrainian: полива́льниця (polyválʹnycja) — utensil for watering plants
  • Ukrainian: лі́йка (líjka) — utensil for watering plants
  • Urdu: پانی کا بَرْتَن (pānī kā bartan) — utensil for watering plants
  • Uyghur: سەپكۈچ (sepküch) — utensil for watering plants
  • Uzbek: gulchelak — utensil for watering plants
  • Vietnamese: thùng tưới — utensil for watering plants
  • Vietnamese: bình tưới — utensil for watering plants
  • Walloon: raiwoe — utensil for watering plants
  • Walloon: arozoe — utensil for watering plants
  • Welsh: can dŵr — utensil for watering plants
  • Xhosa: into yokuncenceshela — utensil for watering plants
  • Zulu: ukuthambisa anga — utensil for watering plants