Meanings
nounwatercourse (plural watercourses)
plural watercourses
- Any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
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Origin
- Middle Englishwater course
- Englishwatercourse
From Middle English water course; equivalent to water + course.
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Bulgarian течение
- течение (tečenie)channel through which water flows
Chinese Mandarin 水道, 河道
- 水道 (shuǐdào)channel through which water flows
- 河道 (hédào)channel through which water flows
- 水路 (shuǐlù)channel through which water flows
Danish løb
- løbchannel through which water flows
Dutch waterloop, loop
- waterloopchannel through which water flows
- loopchannel through which water flows
Finnish uoma
- uomachannel through which water flows
French cours d'eau, cours
- cours d'eauchannel through which water flows
- courschannel through which water flows
German Wasserlauf, Flußlauf
- Wasserlaufchannel through which water flows
- Flußlaufchannel through which water flows
- Laufchannel through which water flows
Hungarian folyómeder, folyás
- folyómederchannel through which water flows
- folyáschannel through which water flows
- vízfolyáschannel through which water flows
- folyóvízchannel through which water flows
Italian corso d'acqua, corso
- corso d'acquachannel through which water flows
- corsochannel through which water flows
Japanese 水路
- 水路 (suiro)channel through which water flows
Korean 수로
- 수로 (suro)channel through which water flows
Māori koawa
- koawachannel through which water flows
Norwegian Bokmål vannløp, løp
- vannløpchannel through which water flows
- løpchannel through which water flows
Polish koryto, bieg
- korytochannel through which water flows
- biegchannel through which water flows
Portuguese igarapé, curso de água
- igarapéchannel through which water flows
- curso de águachannel through which water flows
- curso d'águachannel through which water flows
- cursochannel through which water flows
Russian ру́сло
- ру́сло (rúslo)channel through which water flows
Spanish curso, corriente de agua
- cursochannel through which water flows
- corriente de aguachannel through which water flows
Swedish vattendrag
- vattendragchannel through which water flows
Thai คลอง
- คลอง (klɔɔng)channel through which water flows
Turkish mecra
- mecrachannel through which water flows
Cite this entry
APA
watercourse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watercourse
MLA
“watercourse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watercourse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watercourse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watercourse.
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