Meanings
alternative obsolete hydraulick
- not comparablePertaining to water.First known use early 17th c.
1 more example
Tho' there are but seventeen feet water^([sic]) in the channel, I have seen vessels of five hundred ton enter into it. I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most applyed^([sic]) myself.
1757, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana, page 47 - not comparableRelated to, or operated by, hydraulics.
A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.
present singular third person hydraulics · participle present hydraulicking · participle past hydraulicked · past hydraulicked · alternative obsolete hydraulick
- transitiveTo mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.
Origin
- Ancient Greekὑδραυλικός“of a water organ”
- Latinhydraulicus
- Frenchhydraulique
- Englishhydraulic
From French hydraulique, from Latin hydraulicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδραυλικός (hudraulikós, “of a water organ”), from ὕδραυλις (húdraulis, “water organ”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + αὐλός (aulós, “pipe”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian во́ден, хидравли́чен
- во́ден (vóden)having to do with water
- хидравли́чен (hidravlíčen)related to hydraulics
Catalan hidràulic, hidràulic
- hidràulichaving to do with water
- hidràulicrelated to hydraulics
Chinese Mandarin 水力的, 液壓 /液压
- 水力的 (shuǐlì de)having to do with water
- 液壓 /液压 (yèyā)related to hydraulics
Czech hydraulický
- hydraulickýrelated to hydraulics
Danish hydraulisk
- hydrauliskrelated to hydraulics
Dutch hydraulisch
- hydraulischrelated to hydraulics
Finnish hydraulinen
- hydraulinenrelated to hydraulics
French hydraulique, hydraulique
- hydrauliquehaving to do with water
- hydrauliquerelated to hydraulics
German Wasser-, wasserkundlich
- Wasser-having to do with water
- wasserkundlichhaving to do with water
- hydraulischrelated to hydraulics
Hungarian hidraulikus
- hidraulikusrelated to hydraulics
Indonesian hidraulis, hidraulis
- hidraulishaving to do with water
- hidraulisrelated to hydraulics
Italian idraulico, idraulico
- idraulicohaving to do with water
- idraulicorelated to hydraulics
Latvian hidraulisks
- hidraulisksrelated to hydraulics
Malay hidraulik, hidraulik
- hidraulikhaving to do with water
- hidraulikrelated to hydraulics
Norwegian Bokmål hydraulisk
- hydrauliskrelated to hydraulics
Persian آبفشاری, هیدرولیک
- آبفشاری (âbfešâri)having to do with water
- هیدرولیک (hidrolik)having to do with water
- هیدرولیکی (hidroliki)related to hydraulics
Polish hydrauliczny, hydrauliczny
- hydraulicznyhaving to do with water
- hydraulicznyrelated to hydraulics
Portuguese hidráulico
- hidráulicorelated to hydraulics
Russian гидравли́ческий
- гидравли́ческий (gidravlíčeskij)related to hydraulics
Slovak hydraulický
- hydraulickýrelated to hydraulics
Spanish hidráulico, hidráulico
- hidráulicohaving to do with water
- hidráulicorelated to hydraulics
Swedish hydraulisk
- hydrauliskrelated to hydraulics
Ukrainian гідравлі́чний
- гідравлі́чний (hidravlíčnyj)related to hydraulics
Vietnamese thuỷ lực
- thuỷ lựcrelated to hydraulics
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hydraulic
Cite this entry
hydraulic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydraulic
“hydraulic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydraulic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydraulic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydraulic.
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