wastewater

wastewater

See also: waste water

English

Alternative forms

• waste water

Etymology

waste +‎ water

Noun

wastewater (countable and uncountable, plural wastewaters)

1. Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.

Synonyms

• sewage

Translations

water containing waste products

Bulgarian: помия (bg) (pomija) Chinese: Mandarin: 污水 (zh) (wūshuǐ) Danish: spildevand (da) n Finnish: jätevesi (fi) French: eaux usées (fr) f pl German: Abwasser (de) n Italian: acque reflue f pl, acque di scarico f pl

Japanese: 廃水 (haisui), 排水 (haisui) Korean: 폐수 (ko) (pyesu) Persian: فاضلاب‎ (fa) (fâzelâb), پساب‎ (fa) (pasâb) Polish: ścieki (pl) m pl Portuguese: esgoto (pt) m Russian: сто́чные во́ды (ru) f pl (stóčnyje vódy), помо́и (ru) m pl (pomói) Swedish: avloppsvatten (sv) n, spillvatten (sv) n