aqueous

English

Alternative forms

• aquæous (obsolete)
• aquaeous
• aquous (obsolete)

Etymology

Formed from Latin aqua + -ous (or from Medieval Latin aqueus), partly the analogy of Middle French aqueux (itself actually from Latin aquosus). Or based on the analogy of Latin terreus from terra.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.kwi.əs/, /ˈeɪ.kwi.əs/, /ˈɑ.kwi.əs/

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Adjective

aqueous (comparative more aqueous, superlative most aqueous)

1. Of or relating to water.
2. (physical chemistry) Consisting mostly of water. Often used in the expression "aqueous solution".

Derived terms

• aqueous humour
• aqueously
• aqueousness
• aqueous phase
• aqueous solubility
• chylaqueous
• microaqueous
• mucoaqueous
• nonaqueous
• subaqueous
• terraqueous

 

Translations

consisting mainly of water

• Arabic: مَائِيّ (māʔiyy)
• Belarusian: во́дны (vódny), вадзяны́ (vadzjaný), вадзяні́сты (be) (vadzjanísty)
• Bulgarian: воден (bg) (voden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水性 (zh) (shuǐxìng)

• Czech: vodný (cs)
• Finnish: vesi- (fi), vesiperäinen, vetinen (fi)
• French: aqueux (fr)
• German: wässrig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑδατοειδής (hudatoeidḗs)

• Irish: uiscí (ga)
• Italian: acquoso (it)
• Latvian: ūdeņains
• Malay: berair, akueus
• Manx: ushtoil
• Persian: مائی (fa) (mâ'i), آبی (fa) (âbi)
• Polish: wodny (pl) m, wodnisty (pl)
• Portuguese: aquoso (pt), áqueo
• Romanian: apătos (ro)
• Russian: во́дный (ru) (vódnyj), водяно́й (ru) (vodjanój), водяни́стый (ru) (vodjanístyj)
• Spanish: acuoso (es)
• Tagalog: tubigin, ganhaw
• Turkish: sulu (tr)
• Ukrainian: во́дний (vódnyj), водяни́й (vodjanýj), водяни́стий (vodjanýstyj)