aqua

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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

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

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 (first-person possessive aquaku, second-person possessive aquamu, third-person possessive aquanya)

1. (colloquial) bottled water

Synonyms

• 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kʷa/, [ˈäkʷä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwa/, [ˈäːkwä]
• 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