aqueous

aqueous

English

Alternative forms

• aquæous

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, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.kwi.əs/, /ˈeɪ.kwi.əs/

Adjective

aqueous (comparative more aqueous, superlative most aqueous)

1. (chemistry) Consisting mostly of water.

Translations

consisting mainly of water

Bulgarian: воден (bg) (voden) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: vesi- (fi), vesiperäinen, vetinen (fi) French: aqueux (fr) German: wässrig (de) 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) Romanian: apătos (ro) Russian: во́дный (ru) (vódnyj), водяно́й (ru) (vodjanój), водяни́стый (ru) (vodjanístyj) Spanish: acuoso (es) Tagalog: tubigin, ganhaw Turkish: sulu (tr)