waterway

English

Etymology

From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarweg, equivalent to water +‎ way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

waterway (plural waterways)

1. A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
2. A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.

Translations

navigable body of water

• Arabic: مَمَرّ مَائِيّ m (mamarr māʔiyy)
• Armenian: ֆարվատեր (hy) (farvater), նավարկուղի (navarkuġi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水路 (zh) (shuǐlù), 航道 (zh) (hángdào)

• Czech: vodní cesta f
• Danish: vandvej (da) c
• Dutch: vaarweg (nl) m, waterweg (nl) m, vaarwater (nl) n
• Esperanto: akvovojo
• Finnish: vesitie (fi), vesiväylä (fi), laivaväylä
• French: voie navigable (fr) f
• Georgian: ფარვატერი (parvaṭeri)
• German: Wasserstraße (de) f, Wasserweg (de) m, Fahrwasser (de) n
• Hebrew: נְתִיב מַיִם (he) m (netiv mayim)
• Indonesian: jalan air (id)
• Japanese: 水路 (ja) (すいろ, suiro)
• Korean: 수로 (ko) (suro)
• Lithuanian: vandentakis m, vandens kelias m
• Maori: hawai, arawai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannvei m, vassdrag (no) n

• Persian: آبراه (fa) (âbrâh)
• Polish: droga wodna f
• Portuguese: hidrovia (pt) f
• Romanian: cale navigabilă f
• Russian: фарва́тер (ru) m (farvátɛr), во́дный путь m (vódnyj putʹ)
• Spanish: hidrovía f, torrentera f
• Tagalog: alulusan
• Vietnamese: đường thủy, đường sông, thủy lộ (vi)
• Welsh: dyfrffordd f, camlas f
• Yakut: уу суола (uu suola)
• Zazaki: vaya awer f

Further reading

• “waterway”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• waterway - Students, kids.britannica.com
• Glossary:Navigable inland waterway, ec.europa.eu