"brackish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɹækɪʃ/ Forms: more brackish [comparative], most brackish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ækɪʃ Etymology: From Scottish brack (from Middle Dutch brac (“brackish”)) + -ish. Cognate with Dutch brak (“brackish”), German Low German brack, brakerg, brakig (“brackish”), German brackig (“brackish”), Danish brak (“brackish”), Swedish bräck (“brackish”), Norwegian brakk (“brackish”). Perhaps a distant doublet of brook. Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|brac|t=brackish}} Middle Dutch brac (“brackish”), {{suf|en||ish}} + -ish, {{cog|nl|brak|t=brackish}} Dutch brak (“brackish”), {{cog|nds-de|brack}} German Low German brack, {{cog|de|brackig|t=brackish}} German brackig (“brackish”), {{cog|da|brak|t=brackish}} Danish brak (“brackish”), {{cog|sv|bräck|t=brackish}} Swedish bräck (“brackish”), {{cog|no|brakk|t=brackish}} Norwegian brakk (“brackish”), {{doublet|en|brook|nocap=1}} doublet of brook Head templates: {{en-adj}} brackish (comparative more brackish, superlative most brackish)
  1. (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries. Translations (slightly salty): леко солен (leko solen) (Bulgarian), salabrós (Catalan), 汽水 (qìshuǐ) (note: no adjective exists; "brackish water") (Chinese Mandarin), 半海水 (bànhǎishuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), brak (Danish), brakt vand (english: brackish water) (Danish), brakvand [neuter] (Danish), brak (Dutch), murto- (Finnish), saumâtre [feminine, masculine] (French), brackig (German), salzig (German), brakk (Hungarian), félsós (Hungarian), ísaltur (Icelandic), payau (Indonesian), goirt (Irish), salmastra [feminine] (Italian), salmastro [masculine] (Italian), sailjey (Manx), kurutai (Maori), kurutaitai (Maori), mātaitai (Maori), kōtaitai (Maori), brakk (Norwegian Bokmål), brakt vann / vatn (english: brackish water) (Norwegian Bokmål), brakkvann [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), brakkvatn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), brakk (Norwegian Nynorsk), brakt vatn (english: brackish water) (Norwegian Nynorsk), brakkvatn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), آجی (acı) (Ottoman Turkish), słonawy (Polish), salobro [masculine] (Portuguese), salobre [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), sălcie [feminine] (Romanian), sălciu [masculine] (Romanian), солонова́тый (solonovátyj) (Russian), солёный (soljónyj) (Russian), salobre (Spanish), bräckt (Swedish), matabsing (Tagalog), กร่อย (grɔ̀i) (Thai), lled hallt (Welsh)
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  2. Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. Translations (distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste): epämiellyttävä (Finnish), brackig (German), まずい (mazui) (Japanese), kōtaitai (Maori), проти́вный (protívnyj) (Russian), desabrido (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brackish-en-adj-u9I7uNtB Disambiguation of 'distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste': 4 88 8
  3. Repulsive
    Sense id: en-brackish-en-adj-sZYKYn6m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brackishly, brackishness, brackish water, nonbrackish, unbrackish

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          "ref": "1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique",
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          "text": "1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4.\nOn all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water."
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          "text": "2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House.\nThe water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels."
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          "word": "آجی"
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          "roman": "solonovátyj",
          "sense": "slightly salty",
          "word": "солонова́тый"
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          "word": "солёный"
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          "word": "กร่อย"
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          "word": "epämiellyttävä"
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          "word": "まずい"
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          "word": "kōtaitai"
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          "word": "проти́вный"
        },
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          "word": "desabrido"
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}
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
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          "ref": "1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique",
          "text": "...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious...",
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        },
        {
          "text": "1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4.\nOn all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water."
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          "text": "2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House.\nThe water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels."
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "leko solen",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "леко солен"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "salabrós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "no adjective exists; \"brackish water\"",
      "roman": "qìshuǐ",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "汽水"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bànhǎishuǐ",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "半海水"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "brak"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "english": "brackish water",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "brakt vand"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brakvand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "brak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "murto-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "saumâtre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "brackig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "salzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "brakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "félsós"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "ísaltur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "payau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "goirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "salmastra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "salmastro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "sailjey"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "kurutai"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "kurutaitai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "mātaitai"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "kōtaitai"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "brakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "english": "brackish water",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "brakt vann / vatn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brakkvann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brakkvatn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "brakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "english": "brackish water",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "brakt vatn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brakkvatn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "acı",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "آجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "słonawy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salobro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sălcie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sălciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "solonovátyj",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "солонова́тый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soljónyj",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "солёный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "salobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "bräckt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "matabsing"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grɔ̀i",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "กร่อย"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "slightly salty",
      "word": "lled hallt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
      "word": "epämiellyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
      "word": "brackig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mazui",
      "sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
      "word": "まずい"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
      "word": "kōtaitai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protívnyj",
      "sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
      "word": "проти́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste",
      "word": "desabrido"
    }
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  "word": "brackish"
}

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