tap water en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(uncountable) Water that comes from a tap.
We all want tap water always to be potable water, but ensuring this equivalence takes work and commitment.
A tourist’s simple request for a glass of tap water at a hotel restaurant in the Italian Dolomites has culminated in Italy’s top court ruling that being served water from the tap is not a consumer right, after a lengthy and costly legal saga.
2026 May 26, Angela Giuffrida, “Italy’s top court rules against tourist refused tap water in Dolomites hotel”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Deionized water was also used to avoid the influence of naturally presented microflora in tap water on the experiment.
2024 October 10, Tiana Milović et al., “Enhancing Compressive Strength of Cement by Indigenous Individual and Co-Culture Bacillus Bacteria”, in Materials, volume 17, number 20, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025:Near-synonym: drinking water
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(uncountable) The state of having water available from taps.
Although we lived in the city, we didn't have tap water.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| tapwater | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
bottled water · distilled water · mineral water
Hypernyms
Synonyms
running water · drinking water
Translations (58)
cmn 自來水 /自来水 (water from a tap) · fi vesijohtovesi (state of having tap water available) · fi kraanavesi (water from a tap) · cy dŵr tap (water from a tap) · de Hahnenwasser (water from a tap) · vi nước máy (water from a tap) · id air keran (water from a tap) · sv kranvatten (water from a tap) · fi juokseva vesi (state of having tap water available) · fi vesijohtovesi (water from a tap) · th น้ำก๊อก (water from a tap) · nl kraantjeswater (water from a tap) · pl kranówka (state of having tap water available) · tl tubig gripo (water from a tap) · nl leidingwater (water from a tap) · fr eau du robinet (water from a tap) · da postevand (water from a tap) · gl auga da billa (water from a tap) · es agua del grifo (water from a tap) · ast agua'l cañu (water from a tap) · de Wasser aus der Leitung (state of having tap water available) · sh voda iz slavine (water from a tap) · ca aigua de l'aixeta (water from a tap) · eo entuba akvo (water from a tap) · pt água encanada (water from a tap) · pl woda kranowa (water from a tap) · el νερό της βρύσης (water from a tap) · sv dricksvatten (water from a tap) · de Leitungswasser (water from a tap) · pt água da torneira (water from a tap) · haw wai paipu (water from a tap) · hu sima víz (water from a tap) · de fließendes Wasser (state of having tap water available) · cs kohoutková voda (water from a tap) · bg чешмя́на вода́ (water from a tap) · pl kranówka (water from a tap) · ru водопрово́дная вода́ (water from a tap) · tr musluk suyu (water from a tap) · af kraanwater (water from a tap) · ro apă de la robinet (water from a tap) · lt vanduo iš čiaupo (water from a tap) · gsw Hanewasser (water from a tap) · es agua de caño (water from a tap) · ar مَاء الحَنَفِيَّة (water from a tap) · ja 生水 (water from a tap) · th น้ำประปา (water from a tap) · mk вода од чешма (water from a tap) · pl woda kranowa (state of having tap water available) · ko 수돗물 (water from a tap) · pt água canalizada (water from a tap) · eu iturriko ura (water from a tap) · ja 水道水 (water from a tap) · is kranavatn (water from a tap) · it acqua del rubinetto (water from a tap) · cs voda z vodovodu (water from a tap) · et kraanivesi (water from a tap) · hu csapvíz (water from a tap) · fi hanavesi (water from a tap)