acqua

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Corsican

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L'acqua di mare.

Etymology

From Latin aqua (“water”). Cognates include Italian acqua and French eau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈakːʷa/
  • Hyphenation: ac‧qua

Noun

acqua f (plural acque)

  1. water

References

  • “acqua” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈak.kwa/
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  • Rhymes: -akkwa
  • Hyphenation: àc‧qua

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin aqua.

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acqua di mare ― seawater

Alternative forms

  • aqua (dialectal or archaic)

Noun

acqua f (plural acque, diminutive acquerèlla or acquétta or acquicèlla or acquolìna)

  1. water
    Molti pensano che in un impianto di trattamento delle acque reflue entra acqua sporca da una parte e come per magia esce acqua pulita dall’altra.
    A lot of people think that dirty water flows into a sewage treatment plant at one end and clean water magically comes out at the other end.
  2. stretch or expanse of water; body of water
  3. (rowing) lane
Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • acqua in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • acqua in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

acqua

  1. inflection of acquare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin aqua (“water”). Cognate with Italian acqua.

Pronunciation

Noun

acqua f (plural acqu)

  1. water
  2. rain

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aqua (“water”). Cognates include Neapolitan and Italian acqua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈakkwa/
  • Hyphenation: ac‧qua

Noun

acqua f (plural acqua)

  1. water
  2. rain

Related terms

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin aqua. Cognates include Sicilian and Italian acqua.

Noun

acqua

  1. water

Further reading

  • Domenico Ludovico de Vincentiis, Vocabolario del dialetto tarantino in corrispondenza (1872)
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