"aqua" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈækwə/, /ˈɑːkwə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aqua.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more aqua [comparative], most aqua [superlative]
Rhymes: -ækwə, -ɑːkwə 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. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|h₂ékʷeh₂}}, {{inh|en|enm|aqua|t=water}} Middle English aqua (“water”), {{der|en|la|aqua}} Latin aqua, {{bor|en|la|-}} Latin, {{doublet|en|ea|Eau|eau|yeo}} Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo Head templates: {{en-adj}} aqua (comparative more aqua, superlative most aqua)
  1. Of a greenish-blue colour. Categories (topical): Greens Synonyms: aquamarine

Noun

IPA: /ˈækwə/, /ˈɑːkwə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aqua.wav [Southern-England] Forms: aquas [plural], aquae [plural]
Rhymes: -ækwə, -ɑːkwə 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. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|h₂ékʷeh₂}}, {{inh|en|enm|aqua|t=water}} Middle English aqua (“water”), {{der|en|la|aqua}} Latin aqua, {{bor|en|la|-}} Latin, {{doublet|en|ea|Eau|eau|yeo}} Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|aquae}} aqua (countable and uncountable, plural aquas or aquae)
  1. (inorganic chemistry) The compound water. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds Synonyms (water): water
    Sense id: en-aqua-en-noun-KRfA47e3 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'water': 100 0
  2. A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: aquamarine
    Sense id: en-aqua-en-noun-jrejxzMA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 14 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 21 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: aqua fortis, aqua regia

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "electric blue"
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        {
          "word": "gentian blue"
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        {
          "word": "ice blue"
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          "word": "lapis lazuli"
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          "word": "lovat"
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          "word": "Oxford blue"
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂ékʷeh₂",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ækwə",
    "Rhymes:English/ækwə/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːkwə",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːkwə/2 syllables",
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      "word": "aqua aerobics"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua ammonia"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua ammoniae"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua aura"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquabib"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua bike"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquabis"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquabob"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquacade"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquacise"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquacrop"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquaculture"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquaculturist"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquadynamic"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquaerobics"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquaholic"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua jogging"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqualite"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqualung"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquamarine"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquamation"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua mirabilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquanaut"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquaphobia"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquaplane"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua pumpaginis"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua regis"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquatecture"
    },
    {
      "word": "Aquaterra"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua Tofana"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua vitæ"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqua walking"
    },
    {
      "word": "aqueous"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquiculture"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquitard"
    },
    {
      "word": "hexaaqua"
    },
    {
      "word": "hexaaquaaluminium"
    },
    {
      "word": "methaqualone"
    },
    {
      "word": "octaqua"
    },
    {
      "word": "subaqua"
    },
    {
      "word": "tetraqua"
    }
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      "name": "dercat"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro"
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        "2": "ine",
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        "3": "aqua",
        "t": "water"
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      "expansion": "Middle English aqua (“water”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "aqua"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
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      "name": "bor"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ea",
        "3": "Eau",
        "4": "eau",
        "5": "yeo"
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
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    {
      "form": "more aqua",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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      "form": "most aqua",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "sense": "blues",
      "word": "blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "Alice blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquamarine"
    },
    {
      "word": "azure"
    },
    {
      "word": "baby blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "beryl"
    },
    {
      "word": "bice"
    },
    {
      "word": "bice blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "blue green"
    },
    {
      "word": "blue violet"
    },
    {
      "word": "blueberry"
    },
    {
      "word": "cadet blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cambridge blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "cerulean"
    },
    {
      "word": "cobalt blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "Copenhagen blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "cornflower"
    },
    {
      "word": "cornflower blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "cyan"
    },
    {
      "word": "dark blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dodger blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "duck-egg blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "eggshell blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "electric blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "gentian blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "ice blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapis lazuli"
    },
    {
      "word": "light blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "lovat"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazarine"
    },
    {
      "word": "midnight blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "navy"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nile blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oxford blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "peacock blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "petrol blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "powder blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "Prussian blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "robin's-egg blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "royal blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "sapphire"
    },
    {
      "word": "saxe blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "slate blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "sky blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "teal"
    },
    {
      "word": "turquoise"
    },
    {
      "word": "ultramarine"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wedgwood blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "zaffre"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of a greenish-blue colour."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aquamarine"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈækwə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑːkwə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækwə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːkwə"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aqua"
}

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