aquatic

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

English

Alternative forms

• aquatick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈkwɑ.tɪk/, /əˈkwæ.tɪk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkwæ.tɪk/, /əˈkwɒ.tɪk/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɘˈkwɔ.tɘk/

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

The pronunciations with a back vowel are more recent and reflect a long-established tendency to round a historic short-a after IPA^(key): /w/.

Adjective

aquatic (comparative more aquatic, superlative most aquatic)

1. Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

Synonyms

• waterly

Hyponyms

• marine
• freshwater, limnic

Coordinate terms

• terrestrial

Derived terms

Related terms

• aquativeness (obscure, obsolete)

Translations

Noun

aquatic (plural aquatics)

1. Any aquatic plant.

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