Meanings
alternative tapwater
- uncountableWater that comes from a tap.
Near-synonym: drinking water
3 more examples
We all want tap water always to be potable water, but ensuring this equivalence takes work and commitment.
Deionized water was also used to avoid the influence of naturally presented microflora in tap water on the experiment.
2024 October 10, Tiana Milović et al., “Enhancing Compressive Strength of Cement by Indigenous Individual and Co-Culture Bacillus Bacteria”, in Materials, volume 17, number 20, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025A tourist’s simple request for a glass of tap water at a hotel restaurant in the Italian Dolomites has culminated in Italy’s top court ruling that being served water from the tap is not a consumer right, after a lengthy and costly legal saga.
2026 May 26, Angela Giuffrida, “Italy’s top court rules against tourist refused tap water in Dolomites hotel”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: drinking water
- uncountableThe state of having water available from taps.
Although we lived in the city, we didn't have tap water.
Synonyms: running water
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWater that comes from a tap.
nounThe state of having water available from taps.
Translations
Afrikaans kraanwater
- kraanwaterwater from a tap
Arabic مَاء الحَنَفِيَّة
- مَاء الحَنَفِيَّة (māʔ al-ḥanafiyya)water from a tap
Basque iturriko ura
- iturriko urawater from a tap
Bulgarian чешмя́на вода́
- чешмя́на вода́ (češmjána vodá)water from a tap
Catalan aigua de l'aixeta
- aigua de l'aixetawater from a tap
Chinese Mandarin 自來水 /自来水
- 自來水 /自来水 (zìláishuǐ)water from a tap
Czech voda z vodovodu, kohoutková voda
- voda z vodovoduwater from a tap
- kohoutková vodawater from a tap
Danish postevand
- postevandwater from a tap
Dutch kraantjeswater, leidingwater
- kraantjeswaterwater from a tap
- leidingwaterwater from a tap
Esperanto entuba akvo
- entuba akvowater from a tap
Estonian kraanivesi
- kraanivesiwater from a tap
Finnish vesijohtovesi, hanavesi
- vesijohtovesiwater from a tap
- hanavesiwater from a tap
- kraanavesiwater from a tap
- vesijohtovesistate of having tap water available
- juokseva vesistate of having tap water available
French eau du robinet
- eau du robinetwater from a tap
German Leitungswasser, Hahnenwasser
- Leitungswasserwater from a tap
- Hahnenwasserwater from a tap
- Wasser aus der Leitungstate of having tap water available
- fließendes Wasserstate of having tap water available
Greek νερό της βρύσης
- νερό της βρύσης (neró tis vrýsis)water from a tap
Hawaiian wai paipu
- wai paipuwater from a tap
Hungarian sima víz, csapvíz
- sima vízwater from a tap
- csapvízwater from a tap
Icelandic kranavatn
- kranavatnwater from a tap
Indonesian air keran
- air keranwater from a tap
Italian acqua del rubinetto
- acqua del rubinettowater from a tap
Japanese 水道水, 生水
- 水道水 (suidōsui)water from a tap
- 生水 (namamizu)water from a tap
Korean 수돗물
- 수돗물 (sudonmul)water from a tap
Lithuanian vanduo iš čiaupo
- vanduo iš čiaupowater from a tap
Polish kranówka, woda kranowa
- kranówkawater from a tap
- woda kranowawater from a tap
- kranówkastate of having tap water available
- woda kranowastate of having tap water available
Portuguese água da torneira, água encanada
- água da torneirawater from a tap
- água encanadawater from a tap
- água canalizadawater from a tap
Romanian apă de la robinet
- apă de la robinetwater from a tap
Russian водопрово́дная вода́
- водопрово́дная вода́ (vodoprovódnaja vodá)water from a tap
Spanish agua del grifo, agua de caño
- agua del grifowater from a tap
- agua de cañowater from a tap
Swedish kranvatten, dricksvatten
- kranvattenwater from a tap
- dricksvattenwater from a tap
Tagalog tubig gripo
- tubig gripowater from a tap
Thai น้ำก๊อก, น้ำประปา
- น้ำก๊อกwater from a tap
- น้ำประปา (náam-bprà-bpaa)water from a tap
Turkish musluk suyu
- musluk suyuwater from a tap
Vietnamese nước máy
- nước máywater from a tap
Welsh dŵr tap
- dŵr tapwater from a tap
Cite this entry
tap water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tap%20water
“tap water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tap%20water. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tap water,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tap%20water.
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