Meanings
nounaquifer (plural aquifers)
plural aquifers
- An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
The water in the well came from an aquifer.
1 more example
An aquifer is rock or sediment that holds groundwater – rain that is held below the surface of the soil and collected in empty spaces underground. Aquifers feed rivers to keep their flows at a healthy level, and are also important sources of water when reservoirs or other sources run low.
2023 August 16, Helena Horton, “United Utilities fined £800,000 for taking 22bn litres of water from aquifer”, in The Guardian
Origin
- Englishaqui-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰorós
- Englishaquifer
Translations
Arabic طَبَقَة ٱلْمِيَاهِ ٱلْجَوْفِيَّةِ
- طَبَقَة ٱلْمِيَاهِ ٱلْجَوْفِيَّةِan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Catalan aqüífer
- aqüíferan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Chinese Mandarin 含水層 /含水层
- 含水層 /含水层 (hánshuǐcéng)an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Dutch aquifer
- aquiferan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Finnish akviferi, pohjavesikerros
- akviferian underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
- pohjavesikerrosan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
French aquifère
- aquifèrean underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
German Grundwasserleiter, Aquifer
- Grundwasserleiteran underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
- Aquiferan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Greek υδροφορέας, υπόγειος υδροφορέας
- υδροφορέας (ydroforéas)an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
- υπόγειος υδροφορέας (ypógeios ydroforéas)an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Hebrew אקוויפר
- אקוויפרan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Hungarian víztartó réteg
- víztartó rétegan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Indonesian akuifer
- akuiferan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Irish uiscíoch
- uiscíochan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Japanese 帯水層
- 帯水層 (taisuisō)an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Korean 대수층
- 대수층 (daesucheung)an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Latin aquifer
- aquiferan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Lithuanian vandeningas sluoksnis
- vandeningas sluoksnisan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Māori mātāwainuku
- mātāwainukuan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Norwegian Bokmål akvifer, grunnvannsmagasin
- akviferan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
- grunnvannsmagasinan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Polish warstwa wodonośna
- warstwa wodonośnaan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Portuguese aquífero
- aquíferoan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Russian водоно́сный горизо́нт, водоно́сный слой
- водоно́сный горизо́нт (vodonósnyj gorizónt)an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
- водоно́сный слой (vodonósnyj sloj)an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
- водоно́сный пласт (vodonósnyj plast)an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
- аквифе́р (akvifɛ́r)an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Slovak akvifer
- akviferan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Spanish acuífero
- acuíferoan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Swedish akvifär
- akvifäran underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Turkish akifer, sutaşır
- akiferan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
- sutaşıran underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Vietnamese tầng ngậm nước, tầng chứa nước
- tầng ngậm nướcan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
- tầng chứa nướcan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Welsh dyfrhaen
- dyfrhaenan underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Cite this entry
APA
aquifer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquifer
MLA
“aquifer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquifer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aquifer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquifer.
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