Meanings
nounwetland (plural wetlands)
plural wetlands
- plural normallyLand that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
2013 January 28, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2013, page 59
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLand that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
Also see
Origin
From wet + land. Cognate with West Frisian wetlân.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vleiland
- vleilandland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Basque hezegune
- hezeguneland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Bulgarian мочур
- мочур (močur)land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Catalan marjal, aiguamoll
- marjalland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- aiguamollland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Chinese Mandarin 濕地 /湿地
- 濕地 /湿地 (shīdì)land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Czech mokřad
- mokřadland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Danish vådområde
- vådområdeland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Dutch drasland, moer
- draslandland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- moerland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- vochtgebiedland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Finnish kosteikko
- kosteikkoland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
French zone humide
- zone humideland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
German Feuchtgebiet
- Feuchtgebietland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Greek υγρότοπος
- υγρότοπος (ygrótopos)land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Hindi तालाब
- तालाब (tālāb)land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Hungarian vizes terület/élőhely, mocsaras terület
- vizes terület/élőhelyland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- mocsaras területland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Indonesian lahan basah, tanah basah
- lahan basahland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- tanah basahland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Italian palude, area paludosa
- paludeland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- area paludosaland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- area acquitrinosaland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Japanese 湿地
- 湿地 (shitchi)land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Latin locus ūlīginōsus, ūlīginōsa
- locus ūlīginōsusland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- ūlīginōsaland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Malay tanah basah
- tanah basahland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Māori kūkūwai
- kūkūwailand that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Norwegian Bokmål våtmark
- våtmarkland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Persian تالاب, کولاب
- تالاب (tâlâb)land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- کولاب (kulâb)land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Polish mokradło
- mokradłoland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Portuguese brejo, paul
- brejoland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- paulland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Russian во́дно-боло́тные уго́дья, заболо́ченная террито́рия
- во́дно-боло́тные уго́дья (vódno-bolótnyje ugódʹja)land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
- заболо́ченная террито́рия (zabolóčennaja territórija)land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Spanish humedal
- humedalland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Swedish våtmark
- våtmarkland that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
Cite this entry
APA
wetland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetland
MLA
“wetland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetland. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wetland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetland.
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