aqua

English Online Dictionary. What means aqua‎? What does aqua mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈækwə/, /ˈɑːkwə/
• Rhymes: -ækwə, -ɑːkwə

Noun

aqua (countable and uncountable, plural aquas or aquae)

1. (inorganic chemistry) The compound water.
2. A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.

   Synonym: aquamarine

Synonyms

• (water): see Thesaurus:water

Related terms

Adjective

aqua (comparative more aqua, superlative most aqua)

1. Of a greenish-blue colour.

   Synonym: aquamarine

Derived terms

See also

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• jacqua, acqua

Etymology

From Latin aqua from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂. Compare Venetan àcua, Italian acqua.

Noun

aqua

1. (Vegliot) water

References

• Ive, A. (1886) “L'antico dialetto di Veglia [The old dialect of Veglia]”, in G. I. Ascoli, editor, Archivio glottologico italiano [Italian linguistic archive], volume 9, Rome: E. Loescher, pages 115–187

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaku̯a/, /ˈakva/

Adjective

aqua

1. aqueous

Indonesian

Etymology

A genericized trademark of the Indonesian trademark Aqua, from Latin aqua (“water”).

Noun

aqua (plural aqua-aqua)

1. (colloquial) bottled water

   Synonym: air minum dalam kemasan

Interlingua

Noun

aqua (plural aquas)

1. water

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin aqua from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂. Compare Venetan àcua, Italian acqua.

Noun

aqua f (plural aque)

1. water

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwa/
• Rhymes: -akwa
• Hyphenation: à‧qua

Noun

aqua f (plural aque)

1. (dialectal or archaic) Alternative form of acqua (“water”).

References

• acqua in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

• acua
• acqua (Appendix Probi)
• 🜄 (alchemy)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“water, stream”).

The few cognates in other Indo-European branches point to a narrower original meaning of "running water". See Umbrian 𐌖𐌕𐌖𐌓 (utur, “water”), which instead represents a remnant Italic continuation of Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, the more widespread word for water in Indo-European languages.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.kʷa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.kʷa]
• Note: rarely appears as a three-syllable (e.g. Lucretius DRN.6.1072).

Noun

aqua f (genitive aquae); first declension

1. water

   aqua dulcis ― fresh water

   crībrō aquam haurīre ― to draw water with a sieve, to flog a dead horse (proverb)

   Lavō cum aquā ― I wash with water

Declension

First-declension noun.

• The genitive singular is also archaic aquāī.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Further reading

• “aqua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aqua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "aqua", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aqua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “aqua”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin aqua.

Noun

aqua f

1. (Old Lombard) water

Descendants

• Lombard: ègua, eigua, aigua
• Gallo-Italic of Sicily: egua, eua

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aqua.

Noun

aqua (uncountable)

1. water
2. decoction

Descendants

• English: aqua
• Scots: aqua

References

• “aqua, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aqua. Compare Italian acqua.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈakwă]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈakwə]

Noun

aqua f (plural aque)

1. water
2. rain

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1037: “acqua” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Venetan

Noun

aqua f

1. Alternative spelling of acua