water

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
2. A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
3. A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
4. The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
5. Water in a body; an area of open water.
6. A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.
7. A combination of water and other substance(s).
8. A combination of water and other substance(s).
9. A combination of water and other substance(s).
10. A combination of water and other substance(s).
11. A combination of water and other substance(s).
12. (colloquial) A combination of water and other substance(s).
13. The water supply, as a service or utility.
14. A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
15. (colloquial) A person's intuition.
16. Excess valuation of securities.
17. A particular quality or appearance suggestive of water:
18. A particular quality or appearance suggestive of water:

Verb

1. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
2. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
3. To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
4. To get or take in water.
5. (colloquial) To urinate onto.
6. To dilute.
7. To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
8. To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.
9. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

Con trattino come

wa‧ter

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwɔːtə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Germanic *watōr
Proto-West Germanic *watar
Old English wæter
Middle English water
English water
From Middle English water, from Old English wæter (“water”), from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). The development of the /ɔː/ vowel instead of expected */weɪtə(r)/ is irregular and has not been conclusively explained (compare father).
cognates
Cognate with cf, North Frisian weeter (“water”), Saterland Frisian Woater (“water”), West Frisian wetter (“water”), Dutch water (“water”), Low German Water (“water”), German Wasser, Old Norse vatn (Swedish vatten (“water”), Danish vand (“water”), Norwegian Bokmål vann (“water”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic vatn (“water”), Old Irish coin fodorne (“otters”, literally “water-dogs”), Latin unda (“wave”), Lithuanian vanduõ (“water”), Russian вода́ (vodá, “water”), Albanian ujë (“water”), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), Armenian գետ (get, “river”), Sanskrit उदन् (udán, “wave, water”), Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 (wa-a-tar).

Frasi

As long as there is water in a cooking pot , the temperature cannot rise above a hundred degrees Celsius .

Finché c'è acqua in una pentola, la temperatura non può salire sopra di cento gradi Celsius.

The Schlitterbahn Water Park is built along a stretch of the river .

Il parco idrico Schlitterbahn è costruito lungo un tratto del fiume.

Water cascaded through seven carved lion's heads into small basins on the sidewalk .

L'acqua è stata in cascata attraverso sette teste di leone intagliato in piccoli bacini sul marciapiede.