Meanings
plural sewages
- countableuncountableA suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
Untreated sewage can pollute rivers.
1 more example
The city invested in a modern sewage system.
Synonyms: soil
- countableobsoleteuncountableSewerage (sewer system).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
More synonyms by meaning
nounwaste matter carried away in sewers or drains
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) + -age or from sew (“to drain or draw off water”) + -age.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian канални води
- канални води (kanalni vodi)suspension of water and waste
Catalan aigües negres
- aigües negressuspension of water and waste
Chinese Mandarin 污水
- 污水 (wūshuǐ)suspension of water and waste
Czech splašky
- splaškysuspension of water and waste
Danish spildevand
- spildevandsuspension of water and waste
Dutch afvalwater, rioolwater
- afvalwatersuspension of water and waste
- rioolwatersuspension of water and waste
Esperanto rubakvo, kloakaĵo
- rubakvosuspension of water and waste
- kloakaĵosuspension of water and waste
Finnish jätevesi
- jätevesisuspension of water and waste
French eaux usées
- eaux uséessuspension of water and waste
German Abwasser
- Abwassersuspension of water and waste
Greek λύματα
- λύματα (lýmata)suspension of water and waste
Indonesian air limbah
- air limbahsuspension of water and waste
Irish múnlach
- múnlachsuspension of water and waste
Italian liquame
- liquamesuspension of water and waste
Japanese 汚水
- 汚水 (osui)suspension of water and waste
Malay kumbahan
- kumbahansuspension of water and waste
Māori wai parakaingaki, parakaingaki
- wai parakaingakisuspension of water and waste
- parakaingakisuspension of water and waste
- waihawasuspension of water and waste
Persian گنداب
- گنداب (gandâb)suspension of water and waste
Polish ścieki
- ściekisuspension of water and waste
Portuguese esgoto
- esgotosuspension of water and waste
Russian сто́чные во́ды
- сто́чные во́ды (stóčnyje vódy)suspension of water and waste
Spanish aguas residuales, agua cloacal
- aguas residualessuspension of water and waste
- agua cloacalsuspension of water and waste
- lodo cloacalsuspension of water and waste
- desagüesuspension of water and waste
Swahili maji taka
- maji takasuspension of water and waste
Swedish avloppsvatten
- avloppsvattensuspension of water and waste
Turkish lağım, atık su
- lağımsuspension of water and waste
- atık sususpension of water and waste
Cite this entry
sewage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewage
“sewage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sewage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewage.
Source: sewage on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.