sewer en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈs(j)uːə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- so͞o′ər (General-American)
- (UK) audio
- so͞o′ə (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsuɚ/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aquāria (“of or pertaining to waters”) or from a root *exaquāre.
Meanings
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A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
2014 June 14, “It’s a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2014:There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sewers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
car sewer · subsewer · sewerlike · sewer service · sewer socialism · sewerage · sanitary sewer · sewerman · supersewer · sewery · sewage · sewerable · sewer rat · sewerless · leaf sewer · storm sewer · sewer fly · sewer gas · sewer socialist · common sewer · sewer slide
Translations (87)
fi viemäri (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · es albollón (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ar بَالُوعَة (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · eo kloako (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · tl alkantarilya (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · az lağım (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · it fognatura (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ru колле́ктор (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · mi paipa harihari paru (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ru сто́чная труба́ (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · es albañal (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · fy rioel (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ast alcantarelláu (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · gl tréstiga (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · az kanalizasiya (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · pl rynsztok (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ta சாக்கடை (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · is frárennsli (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · sk stoka (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · la cloāca (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · it cloaca (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · nn kloakk (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · nl afvoerpijp (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · gl ludreira (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · gl sumidoiro (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · eu estolda (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · bg кана́л (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · uk каналіза́ція (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · hu szennyvízcsatorna (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · cmn 滲溝 /渗沟 (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · cs stoka (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · is lokræsi (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · es albañar (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ota لغم (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · he בִּיב (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · hu kanális (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · fr égout (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ga séarach (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ru канализа́ция (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · es cloaca (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ru канализацио́нная труба́ (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · es desagüe (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · es alcantarillado (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · tr kanalizasyon (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · it chiavica (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · id got (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ja 下水道 (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ca clavegueram (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · alt суу агары (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · cy carthffos (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · cmn 下水道 (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · uk сті́чна труба́ (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ru сток (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · cy ceuffos (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · be каналіза́цыя (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · pt esgoto (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · grc γόργυρα (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · cmn 陰溝 /阴沟 (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · cs kanál (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · he בִּיּוּב (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · sk kanalizácia (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · es alcantarilla (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · mi paipa waiparakaingaki (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · be сцёкавая труба́ (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ko 하수도 (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · vi cống (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · is holræsi (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · pl ścieki (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · is klóak (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · et kanalisatsioon (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · hu csatorna (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · pl kanalizacja (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · mk ка́нал (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · tr lağım döşemi (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · de Abwasserkanal (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · cs kanalizace (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ca claveguera (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · nl riool (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · sv kloak (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · el υπόνομος (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · it fogna (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · de Kanalisation (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ast alcantariella (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · sk kanál (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · nb kloakk (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · ota گریز (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) · id selokan (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)