Meanings
nounfresh water (usually uncountable, plural fresh waters)
plural fresh waters · alternative freshwater
- uncountableusuallyWater with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.
Synonyms: sweet water, sweetwater
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWater with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.
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Translations
Afrikaans varswater
- varswaterwater with little salt
Ancient Greek γλυκύ ὕδωρ
- γλυκύ ὕδωρ (glukú húdōr)water with little salt
Arabic مَاء عَذْب
- مَاء عَذْب (māʔ ʕaḏb)water with little salt
Bengali স্বাদু পানি
- স্বাদু পানি (śadu pani)water with little salt
Bulgarian пря́сна вода́, пря́сна во́да
- пря́сна вода́ (prjásna vodá)water with little salt
- пря́сна во́да (prjásna vóda)water with little salt
Catalan aigua dolça
- aigua dolçawater with little salt
Chinese Cantonese 淡水
- 淡水 (taam⁵ seoi²)water with little salt
Chinese Mandarin 淡水
- 淡水 (dànshuǐ)water with little salt
Czech sladká voda
- sladká vodawater with little salt
Danish ferskvand
- ferskvandwater with little salt
Dutch zoet water
- zoet waterwater with little salt
Esperanto dolĉakvo
- dolĉakvowater with little salt
Estonian magevesi
- magevesiwater with little salt
Finnish makea vesi
- makea vesiwater with little salt
French eau douce
- eau doucewater with little salt
German Süßwasser
- Süßwasserwater with little salt
Greek γλυκό νερό
- γλυκό νερό (glykó neró)water with little salt
Hebrew מַיִם מְתוּקִים
- מַיִם מְתוּקִים (mayim metukim)water with little salt
Hindi मीठा जल
- मीठा जल (mīṭhā jal)water with little salt
Hungarian édesvíz
- édesvízwater with little salt
Icelandic ferskvatn
- ferskvatnwater with little salt
Indonesian air tawar
- air tawarwater with little salt
Irish fionnuisce, fíoruisce
- fionnuiscewater with little salt
- fíoruiscewater with little salt
Italian acqua dolce
- acqua dolcewater with little salt
Japanese 淡水, 真水
- 淡水 (tansui)water with little salt
- 真水 (mamizu)water with little salt
Korean 민물, 담수
- 민물 (minmul)water with little salt
- 담수 (damsu)water with little salt
Latin aqua dulcis
- aqua dulciswater with little salt
Latvian saldūdens
- saldūdenswater with little salt
Lithuanian gėlas vanduo
- gėlas vanduowater with little salt
Malay air tawar
- air tawarwater with little salt
Māori wai māori
- wai māoriwater with little salt
Norwegian Bokmål ferskvann
- ferskvannwater with little salt
Polish słodka woda
- słodka wodawater with little salt
Portuguese água doce
- água docewater with little salt
Romanian apă dulce
- apă dulcewater with little salt
Russian пре́сная вода́
- пре́сная вода́ (présnaja vodá)water with little salt
Scottish Gaelic fìor-uisge
- fìor-uisgewater with little salt
Slovak sladká voda
- sladká vodawater with little salt
Spanish agua dulce
- agua dulcewater with little salt
Swahili maji matamu
- maji matamuwater with little salt
Swedish sötvatten, färskvatten
- sötvattenwater with little salt
- färskvattenwater with little salt
Tamil நன்னீர்
- நன்னீர் (naṉṉīr)water with little salt
Thai น้ำจืด
- น้ำจืด (nám-jʉ̀ʉt)water with little salt
Turkish tatlı su
- tatlı suwater with little salt
Ukrainian прі́сна вода́
- прі́сна вода́ (prísna vodá)water with little salt
Vietnamese nước ngọt, nước nhạt
- nước ngọtwater with little salt
- nước nhạtwater with little salt
Welsh dŵr croyw
- dŵr croywwater with little salt
Cite this entry
APA
fresh water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fresh%20water
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“fresh water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fresh%20water. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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