wastewater

See also: waste water

English

Alternative forms

waste water, waste-water

Etymology

waste +‎ water

Pronunciation

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Noun

wastewater (countable and uncountable, plural wastewaters)

Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.

Synonyms

sewage

Translations

water containing waste products

Azerbaijani: lağım, gəndov
Bulgarian: помия (bg) (pomija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 污水 (zh) (wūshuǐ)
Danish: spildevand (da) n
Esperanto: rubakvo
Finnish: jätevesi (fi)
French: eaux usées (fr) f pl
German: Abwasser (de) n
Italian: acque reflue f pl, acque di scarico f pl
Japanese: 廃水 (ja) (haisui), 排水 (ja) (haisui)
Korean: 폐수 (ko) (pyesu)
Malayalam: മലിനജലം (malinajalaṁ)
Persian: فاضلاب (fa) (fâzelâb), پساب (fa) (pasâb)
Polish: ścieki (pl) m pl
Portuguese: esgoto (pt) m
Russian: сто́чные во́ды (ru) f pl (stóčnyje vódy), помо́и (ru) m pl (pomói)
Swedish: avloppsvatten (sv) n, spillvatten (sv) n

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