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

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waterway

Wikipedia

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