Meanings
nounsalt water (countable and uncountable, plural salt waters)
plural salt waters · alternative saltwater · alternative salt-water
Translations
Afrikaans soutwater
- soutwaterany water containing dissolved salt
Arabic مَاء مِلْح
- مَاء مِلْح (māʔ milḥ)any water containing dissolved salt
Basque ur gazi
- ur gaziany water containing dissolved salt
Catalan aigua salada, salmorra (brine)
- aigua saladaany water containing dissolved salt
- salmorra (brine)any water containing dissolved salt
Chinese Mandarin 鹽水 /盐水, 鹹水 /咸水
- 鹽水 /盐水 (yánshuǐ)any water containing dissolved salt
- 鹹水 /咸水 (xiánshuǐ)any water containing dissolved salt
Danish saltvand
- saltvandany water containing dissolved salt
Dutch zout water
- zout waterany water containing dissolved salt
Esperanto salakvo
- salakvoany water containing dissolved salt
Finnish suolavesi
- suolavesiany water containing dissolved salt
French eau salée
- eau saléeany water containing dissolved salt
German Salzwasser
- Salzwasserany water containing dissolved salt
Greek αλατόνερο, αλμυρό νερό
- αλατόνερο (alatónero)any water containing dissolved salt
- αλμυρό νερό (almyró neró)any water containing dissolved salt
Hindi खारा पानी, खारा जल
- खारा पानी (khārā pānī)any water containing dissolved salt
- खारा जल (khārā jal)any water containing dissolved salt
Hungarian sós víz
- sós vízany water containing dissolved salt
Japanese 塩水
- 塩水 (shiomizu)any water containing dissolved salt
Korean 소금물
- 소금물 (sogeummul)any water containing dissolved salt
Latvian sālsūdens
- sālsūdensany water containing dissolved salt
Norwegian Bokmål saltvann, saltvatn
- saltvannany water containing dissolved salt
- saltvatnany water containing dissolved salt
Persian آب شور
- آب شور (āb-e šūr)any water containing dissolved salt
Portuguese água salgada
- água salgadaany water containing dissolved salt
Russian солёная вода́
- солёная вода́ (soljónaja vodá)any water containing dissolved salt
Swedish saltvatten
- saltvattenany water containing dissolved salt
Tagalog tubig alat
- tubig alatany water containing dissolved salt
Turkish tuzlu su
- tuzlu suany water containing dissolved salt
Vietnamese nước mặn
- nước mặnany water containing dissolved salt
Welsh heli
- heliany water containing dissolved salt
Yiddish זאַלצנוואַסער
- זאַלצנוואַסער (zaltsnvaser)any water containing dissolved salt
Cite this entry
APA
salt water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20water
MLA
“salt water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20water. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salt water,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20water.
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