aquarium
See also: Aquarium and aquàrium
English
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A public aquarium.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua + -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: ə-kwârʹē-əm, IPA(key): /əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/, /-ɛɹiəm/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
aquarium (plural aquaria or aquariums)
- A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
- Synonym: (informal) fish tank
- A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.
Usage notes
The plural aquaria is generally considered more formal than aquariums.
Derived terms
- aquariumlike
- Macquarium
- nonaquarium
- seaquarium
Translations
tank for keeping fish
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public place where live fish are exhibited
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Further reading
aquarium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aquārium. Influenced by English aquarium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːˈkʋaː.ri.ʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: aqua‧ri‧um
- Rhymes: -aːriʏm
Noun
aquarium n (plural aquaria or aquariums, diminutive aquariumpje n)
- aquarium
- (obsolete) water basin, water tank
Derived terms
- zeeaquarium
Related terms
- aker
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aquārium. Doublet of évier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kwa.ʁjɔm/
audio (file) - Homophone: aquariums
Noun
aquarium m (plural aquariums)
- aquarium
- (slang) a clambake (an instance of smoking in an enclosed space)
Further reading
- “aquarium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈkʷaː.ri.um/, [äˈkʷäːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈkwa.ri.um/, [äˈkwäːrium]
Adjective
aquārium
- nominative neuter singular of aquārius
References
- aquarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)