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watermill

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A mill powered by water.

The machine or device itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: water engine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: water engine

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mill powered by water.

The machine and the building that houses it, considered as a unit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From water + mill.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طَاحُونَة مَائِيَّة (ṭāḥūna māʔiyya) — mill powered by water
  • Armenian: ջրաղաց (ǰraġacʻ) — mill powered by water
  • Basque: ur-errota — mill powered by water
  • Belarusian: вадзяны́ млын (vadzjaný mlyn) — mill powered by water
  • Bulgarian: водени́ца (vodeníca) — mill powered by water
  • Bulgarian: же́рка (žérka) — mill powered by water
  • Catalan: molí hidráulic — mill powered by water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水力磨坊 (shuǐlì mòfāng) — mill powered by water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水車 /水车 (shuǐchē) — mill powered by water
  • Cornish: melin dhowr — mill powered by water
  • Czech: vodní mlýn — mill powered by water
  • Danish: vandmølle — mill powered by water
  • Dutch: watermolen — mill powered by water
  • Esperanto: akvomuelejo — mill powered by water
  • Estonian: vesiveski — mill powered by water
  • Finnish: vesimylly — mill powered by water
  • French: moulin à eau — mill powered by water
  • Galician: muíño — mill powered by water
  • Galician: acea — mill powered by water
  • Georgian: წყლის წისქვილი (c̣q̇lis c̣iskvili) — mill powered by water
  • German: Wassermühle — mill powered by water
  • Greek: νερόμυλος (nerómylos) — mill powered by water
  • Hebrew: טַחֲנַת מַיִם (takhanat mayim) — mill powered by water
  • Hindi: पनचक्की (pancakkī) — mill powered by water
  • Hungarian: vízimalom — mill powered by water
  • Hunsrik: Wassermihl — mill powered by water
  • Icelandic: vatnsmylla — mill powered by water
  • Ingrian: vesimylly — mill powered by water
  • Italian: mulino ad acqua — mill powered by water
  • Japanese: 水車小屋 (suishagoya) — mill powered by water
  • Japanese: 水車場 (suishaba) — mill powered by water
  • Korean: 물레방아 (mullebang'a) — mill powered by water
  • Korean: 물방아 (mulbang'a) — mill powered by water
  • Northern Kurdish: aşê avê — mill powered by water
  • Latvian: ūdensdzirnavas — mill powered by water
  • Limburgish: watermeule — mill powered by water
  • Lithuanian: vandens malūnas — mill powered by water
  • Macedonian: воденица (vodenica) — mill powered by water
  • Malay: kincir air — mill powered by water
  • Marathi: पाणचक्की (pāṇcakkī) — mill powered by water
  • Mazanderani: اودنگ (odang) — mill powered by water
  • Northern Altai: суг тербени (sug terbeni) — mill powered by water
  • Northern Altai: сӱг тербени (süg terbeni) — mill powered by water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannmølle — mill powered by water
  • Pannonian Rusyn: воденїца (vodenjica) — mill powered by water
  • Persian: آسیاب (âsiyâb) — mill powered by water
  • Persian: آسیای آبی (âsyâ-ye âbi) — mill powered by water
  • Polish: młyn wodny — mill powered by water
  • Portuguese: moinho de água — mill powered by water
  • Portuguese: moinho d’água — mill powered by water
  • Portuguese: roda d’água — mill powered by water
  • Romanian: moară de apă — mill powered by water
  • Russian: водяна́я ме́льница (vodjanája mélʹnica) — mill powered by water
  • Scottish Gaelic: muileann-uisge — mill powered by water
  • Serbo-Croatian: водѐница — mill powered by water
  • Serbo-Croatian: vodènica — mill powered by water
  • Slovak: vodný mlyn — mill powered by water
  • Slovene: vodni mlin — mill powered by water
  • Southern Altai: сууныҥ теермени (suunïŋ teermeni) — mill powered by water
  • Spanish: molino de agua — mill powered by water
  • Spanish: molino hidráulico — mill powered by water
  • Spanish: aceña — mill powered by water
  • Spanish: aguaducho — mill powered by water
  • Spanish: ceña — mill powered by water
  • Spanish: cenia — mill powered by water
  • Swedish: vattenkvarn — mill powered by water
  • Swedish: vattenmölla — mill powered by water
  • Turkish: su değirmeni — mill powered by water
  • Ukrainian: водяни́й млин (vodjanýj mlyn) — mill powered by water
  • Welsh: melin ddŵr — mill powered by water
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