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

• aqueity
• aqueous humour
• aqueously
• aqueousness
• aqueous phase
• aqueous solubility
• aqueous vapor
• chylaqueous
• glacioaqueous
• ignaqueous
• microaqueous
• mucoaqueous
• nonaqueous
• subaqueous
• sub-aqueous
• superaqueous
• 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)