Meanings
plural drinking waters
- uncountableusuallyWater that is suitable or intended for ingestion by humans: potable water.
Near-synonym: tap water (for washing and, ideally, drinking too)
2 more examples
One day a saint, wandering in the vicinity in search of drinking water, fainted. As he regained his senses, he could hear the trickle of water running from the Pot. He drank his fill and since then the spring has never gone dry.
2001, Philip E. LaMoreaux with Judy T. Tanner, Springs and Bottled Waters of the World, →ISBN, page 166It seems unlikely that the ancient Maya would have ventured into Actun Pech in search of drinking water when it could have been more easily and regularly procured from local wells. Rather, the water collected from Actun Pech and other caves discussed below, was likely valued for its remote and sacred origin.
2013, James E. Brady with Keith M. Prufer, In the Maw of the Earth Monster: Mesoamerican Ritual Cave Use, →ISBNSynonyms: tap water
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWater that is suitable or intended for ingestion by humans: potable water.
Translations
Arabic مَاء شُرْب, مَاء صَالِح لِلشُّرْبِ
- مَاء شُرْب (māʔ šurb)water for human consumption
- مَاء صَالِح لِلشُّرْبِ (māʔ ṣāliḥ li-š-šurbi)water for human consumption
Bengali পানীয় জল
- পানীয় জল (paniẏo jol)water for human consumption
Bulgarian пите́йна вода́
- пите́йна вода́ (pitéjna vodá)water for human consumption
Catalan aigua potable
- aigua potablewater for human consumption
Chinese Cantonese 食水
- 食水 (sik⁶ seoi²)water for human consumption
Chinese Mandarin 飲用水 /饮用水, 飲水 /饮水
- 飲用水 /饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ)water for human consumption
- 飲水 /饮水 (yǐnshuǐ)water for human consumption
Czech pitná voda
- pitná vodawater for human consumption
Danish drikkevand
- drikkevandwater for human consumption
Dutch drinkwater
- drinkwaterwater for human consumption
Esperanto trinkakvo
- trinkakvowater for human consumption
Estonian joogivesi
- joogivesiwater for human consumption
Finnish juomavesi
- juomavesiwater for human consumption
French eau potable
- eau potablewater for human consumption
German Trinkwasser
- Trinkwasserwater for human consumption
Greek πόσιμο νερό
- πόσιμο νερό (pósimo neró)water for human consumption
Hebrew מֵי שְׁתִייָה
- מֵי שְׁתִייָהwater for human consumption
Hindi पेयजल, पीने का पानी
- पेयजल (peyjal)water for human consumption
- पीने का पानी (pīne kā pānī)water for human consumption
Hungarian ivóvíz
- ivóvízwater for human consumption
Icelandic drykkjarvatn
- drykkjarvatnwater for human consumption
Indonesian air minum
- air minumwater for human consumption
Irish uisce óil
- uisce óilwater for human consumption
Italian acqua potabile
- acqua potabilewater for human consumption
Japanese 飲用水, 飲み水
- 飲用水 (inyōsui)water for human consumption
- 飲み水 (nomimizu)water for human consumption
- 飲料水 (inryōsui)water for human consumption
Korean 식수, 음용수
- 식수 (siksu)water for human consumption
- 음용수 (eumyongsu)water for human consumption
Latin aqua salūbri potu
- aqua salūbri potuwater for human consumption
Latvian dzeramais ūdens
- dzeramais ūdenswater for human consumption
Lithuanian geriamasis vanduo
- geriamasis vanduowater for human consumption
Malay air minum, air minuman
- air minumwater for human consumption
- air minumanwater for human consumption
Māori wai inu
- wai inuwater for human consumption
Norwegian Bokmål drikkevann
- drikkevannwater for human consumption
Polish woda pitna
- woda pitnawater for human consumption
Portuguese água potável
- água potávelwater for human consumption
Romanian apă potabilă, apă de băut
- apă potabilăwater for human consumption
- apă de băutwater for human consumption
Russian питьева́я вода́
- питьева́я вода́ (pitʹjevája vodá)water for human consumption
Slovak pitná voda
- pitná vodawater for human consumption
Spanish agua potable
- agua potablewater for human consumption
Swahili maji ya kunywa
- maji ya kunywawater for human consumption
Swedish dricksvatten
- dricksvattenwater for human consumption
Tagalog inuming tubig
- inuming tubigwater for human consumption
Tamil குடிநீர், உண்ணீர்
- குடிநீர் (kuṭinīr)water for human consumption
- உண்ணீர் (uṇṇīr)water for human consumption
Thai น้ำดื่ม, น้ำกิน
- น้ำดื่ม (náam-dʉ̀ʉm)water for human consumption
- น้ำกิน (náam-gin)water for human consumption
Turkish içme suyu
- içme suyuwater for human consumption
Ukrainian питна́ вода́
- питна́ вода́ (pytná vodá)water for human consumption
Urdu پِینے کا پانی
- پِینے کا پانی (pīne kā pānī)water for human consumption
Vietnamese nước uống
- nước uốngwater for human consumption
Cite this entry
drinking water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20water
“drinking water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20water. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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