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groundwater en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *grunduz Old English grund Middle English ground English ground Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English groundwater From ground + water.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
   • The pH in water of the hillside soils varied between 3.1 and 6.1 with a mean of 4.2. The pattern of pH variation is complex and does not clearly relate either to cultivation or occupation. The most consistent, though weak, correlation appears to be between higher pH and flushes or bogs, which indicates that the local groundwaters are comparatively basic. 1995, Olwyn Owen, Christopher Lowe, Kebister: The Four-thousand-year-old Story, page 45:
   • Research has shown bone apatite to undergo chemical exchange with carbonates in either vadose water or groundwater. 2003, B. B. Huckell, C. Vance Haynes, “The Ventana Complex: New Dates and New Ideas on Its Place in Early Holocene Western Prehistory”, in American Antiquity, volume 68, number 2, page 357:

Forms

Deriveds

groundwater level

Translations (56)

bg подпочвена вода (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · cmn 地下水 (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ro apă freatică (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · nb grunnvatn (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · uk підземні води (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · mt ilma tal-pjan (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · id air tanah (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ms air bawah tanah (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · su cai taneuh (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · it acqua freatica (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ms air tanah (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · nl grondwater (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · af grondwater (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · fi pohjavesi (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · eu lurpeko ura (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · scn farda (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · pt água subterrânea (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · gu ભૂગર્ભજળ (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ro apă subterană (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · tl tubig-lupa (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · de Grundwasser (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ca aigua subterrània (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · cs podzemní voda (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · pl woda gruntowa (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · nds-de Grundwaater (Westwestphalia) (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · alt јердиҥ алдындагы суулар (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · yue 地下水 (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · pt água de poço (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · li gróndjwater (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ga screamhuisce (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ar مِيَاه جَوْفِيَّة (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · it falda acquifera (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ja 地下水 (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · mi wainuku (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · sk podzemná voda (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · es agua subterránea (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · kn ಅಂತರ್ಜಲ (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · el εδαφικό νερό (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · nb grunnvann (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · gu ભૂજળ (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · th น้ำบาดาล (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · su ᮎᮄ ᮒᮔᮩᮂ (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · et põhjavesi (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · fr eau souterraine (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · tr yeraltı suyu (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · hi भूजल (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ko 지하수 (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · sv grundvatten (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · nn grunnvatn (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ms air bumi (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ka მიწისქვეშა წყალი (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ru подзе́мные во́ды (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · vi nước ngầm (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · ru грунто́вая вода́ (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · mr भूजल (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) · pt água de poços (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers)