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aqueduct en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæk.wɪˌdʌkt/ (UK)
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• /ˈɑk.wəˌdʌkt/ (US)
• /ˈæk.wəˌdʌkt/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aquae Latin ductus Latin aquaeductusbor. English aqueduct Adapted borrowing from Latin aquaeductus (“conveyance of water”), from aqua (“water”) + dūcō (“to lead”, “to bring”); compare the French aqueduc.

Meanings

1. An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
2. A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially an ancient structure.
   • All the years he’d been down there in the traffic he’d taken this aqueduct for just another bridge, nothing to tell you that canal boats and waterfowl were being carried along above your head. 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 57:
3. A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.

Forms

Deriveds

mesencephalic aqueduct · Sylvian aqueduct · aqueductal · periaqueduct · aqueduct of Sylvius

Relateds

ecoduct · viaduct

Translations (105)

vo kvaaduk (a structure carrying water) · hu akvadukt (a structure carrying water) · hu akvedukt (a structure carrying water) · sh akvèdukt (an artificial channel conveying water) · cs akvadukt (a structure carrying water) · ang wætergelæt (an artificial channel conveying water) · nb akvedukt (a structure carrying water) · an auguaduito (an artificial channel conveying water) · sk akvadukt (an artificial channel conveying water) · lv akvedukts (a structure carrying water) · ko 수도교 (an artificial channel conveying water) · ja 水道橋 (an artificial channel conveying water) · sh vodovod (a structure carrying water) · bo ཆུ་སྦུབ (anatomy: a structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct) · ru акведу́к (a structure carrying water) · su ᮏᮜᮔ᮪ ᮎᮄ (an artificial channel conveying water) · sh akvadȕkt (a structure carrying water) · hu zsilip (anatomy: a structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct) · ms akueduk (an artificial channel conveying water) · ro apeduct (an artificial channel conveying water) · pl akwedukt (an artificial channel conveying water) · pt aqueduto (a structure carrying water) · cy traphont ddŵr (an artificial channel conveying water) · gl acueduto (an artificial channel conveying water) · sq ujësjellës (an artificial channel conveying water) · bg акведу́кт (a structure carrying water) · sv akvedukt (an artificial channel conveying water) · ms akueduk (a structure carrying water) · lt akvedukas (an artificial channel conveying water) · la aquaeductus (an artificial channel conveying water) · sh vodovod (an artificial channel conveying water) · tr su kemeri (an artificial channel conveying water) · nl aquaduct (an artificial channel conveying water) · bo ཆུ་ཡུར (a structure carrying water) · ka აკვედუკი (an artificial channel conveying water) · vo kvaaduk (an artificial channel conveying water) · gl levada (an artificial channel conveying water) · lv ūdensvads (a structure carrying water) · ta தொட்டிப்பாலம் (an artificial channel conveying water) · pl akwedukt (a structure carrying water) · cs akvadukt (an artificial channel conveying water) · th สะพานส่งน้ำ (an artificial channel conveying water) · ca aqüeducte (a structure carrying water) · hu vízvezeték (an artificial channel conveying water) · es acueducto (an artificial channel conveying water) · nv tó yaʼnidaʼaazgééd (an artificial channel conveying water) · el υδραγωγείο (an artificial channel conveying water) · ko 수도 (a structure carrying water) · id akueduk (an artificial channel conveying water) · cy pont cario dŵr (a structure carrying water) · grc ὀχετός (an artificial channel conveying water) · cmn 水渠 (an artificial channel conveying water) · hu csatorna (anatomy: a structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct) · el υδραγωγείο (a structure carrying water) · grc ὑδραγώγιον (an artificial channel conveying water) · it acquedotto (an artificial channel conveying water) · he אַמַּת מַיִם (a structure carrying water) · ro apeduct (a structure carrying water) · ast acueductu (a structure carrying water) · be акведу́к (an artificial channel conveying water) · nn akvedukt (a structure carrying water) · bo ཡུར་ཟམ (a structure carrying water) · ml നീർച്ചാൽ (an artificial channel conveying water) · gl acueduto (a structure carrying water) · ca aqüeducte (an artificial channel conveying water) · bo ཡུར་བ (an artificial channel conveying water) · lv ūdensvads (an artificial channel conveying water) · uk акведу́к (an artificial channel conveying water) · ang wætergelæt (a structure carrying water) · ast acueductu (an artificial channel conveying water) · it acquedotto (a structure carrying water) · sh akvadȕkt (an artificial channel conveying water) · qu witkhu (an artificial channel conveying water) · de Aquädukt (a structure carrying water) · da akvædukt (an artificial channel conveying water) · fi akvedukti (an artificial channel conveying water) · eo akvedukto (an artificial channel conveying water) · es acueducto (a structure carrying water) · lv akvedukts (an artificial channel conveying water) · fr aqueduc (a structure carrying water) · ko 수로 (a structure carrying water) · ru акведу́к (an artificial channel conveying water) · cmn 水路 (a structure carrying water) · es aguaducho (a structure carrying water) · es aguaducho (an artificial channel conveying water) · cmn 水道 (a structure carrying water) · cy traphont (a structure carrying water) · ja 水道 (a structure carrying water) · fa آبراهه (an artificial channel conveying water) · la aquaeductus (a structure carrying water) · fi akvedukti (a structure carrying water) · bg акведу́кт (an artificial channel conveying water) · fr aqueduc (an artificial channel conveying water) · bo ཡུར་བ (a structure carrying water) · de Aquädukt (an artificial channel conveying water) · qu pincha (an artificial channel conveying water) · nl aquaduct (a structure carrying water) · ta தொட்டிப் பாலம் (an artificial channel conveying water) · cy dyfrbont (an artificial channel conveying water) · pt aqueduto (an artificial channel conveying water) · sh akvèdukt (a structure carrying water) · af akwaduk (an artificial channel conveying water) · bo ཆུ་ཡུར (an artificial channel conveying water) · hu csatornahíd (a structure carrying water) · be аквэду́к (an artificial channel conveying water)