Meanings
nounaquaculture (countable and uncountable, plural aquacultures)
plural aquacultures
- countableuncountableThe cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.
Finally, sturgeon aquaculture would create a sustainable industry […]
2010 September, Andrew Faulkner, "Caviar", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 771 more example
The indigenous species used in aquaculture are: B. gonionotus, Jullien carp (Probarbus jullieni), Jullien's mud carp (Cirrhinus jullieni), soldier-river barb (Cyclocheilichthys enoplos), Leptobarbus hoevenii, Catlocarpio siamensis and Osteochilus hasseltii.
2005, David J. Penman, Modadugu V. Gupta, Madan Mohan Dey, Carp genetic resources for aquaculture in Asia, WorldFish, →ISBN, page 65
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
- Proto-Italic*akʷā
- Latinaqua
- Middle Englishaqua
- Englishaqua-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Englishaquaculture
Translations
Catalan aqüicultura
- aqüiculturathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Chinese Mandarin 水產養殖 /水产养殖
- 水產養殖 /水产养殖 (shuǐchǎn yǎngzhí)the cultivation of the aquatic produce
Czech akvakultura
- akvakulturathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Danish akvakultur
- akvakulturthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Dutch aquacultuur
- aquacultuurthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Estonian vesiviljelus, akvakultuur
- vesiviljelusthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
- akvakultuurthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Finnish vesiviljely
- vesiviljelythe cultivation of the aquatic produce
French aquaculture
- aquaculturethe cultivation of the aquatic produce
German Aquakultur
- Aquakulturthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Hungarian akvakultúra
- akvakultúrathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Indonesian akuakultur
- akuakulturthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Irish dobharshaothrú, uisceshaothrú
- dobharshaothrúthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
- uisceshaothrúthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Italian acquicoltura
- acquicolturathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Latvian akvakultūra
- akvakultūrathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Lithuanian akvakultūrà
- akvakultūràthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Māori ahumoana
- ahumoanathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Norwegian Bokmål akvakultur
- akvakulturthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Polish akwakultura
- akwakulturathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Portuguese aquicultura, aquacultura
- aquiculturathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
- aquaculturathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Punjabi ਜਲ ਖੇਤੀ
- ਜਲ ਖੇਤੀ (jal khetī)the cultivation of the aquatic produce
Romanian acvacultură
- acvaculturăthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Russian аквакульту́ра
- аквакульту́ра (akvakulʹtúra)the cultivation of the aquatic produce
Scottish Gaelic tuathanachas uisge
- tuathanachas uisgethe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Slovak akvakultúra
- akvakultúrathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Spanish acuicultura, acuacultura
- acuiculturathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
- acuaculturathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Swedish vattenbruk, akvakultur
- vattenbrukthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
- akvakulturthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Tagalog akwakultura
- akwakulturathe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Ukrainian аквакульту́ра
- аквакульту́ра (akvakulʹtúra)the cultivation of the aquatic produce
Welsh dyframaeth, dyframaethu
- dyframaeththe cultivation of the aquatic produce
- dyframaethuthe cultivation of the aquatic produce
Cite this entry
APA
aquaculture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquaculture
MLA
“aquaculture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquaculture. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aquaculture,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquaculture.
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