aquaticとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”)

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkwɑ.tɪk/, /ə.ˈkwæ.tɪk/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkwæ.tɪk/, /ə.ˈkwɒ.tɪk/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɘ.ˈkwɔ.tɘk/

使用する際の注意点

The pronunciations with a back vowel are more recent and reflect a long-established tendency to round a historic short-a after IPA^(key): /w/.^[1]

形容詞

aquatic (comparative more aquatic, superlative most aquatic)

1. Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

同意語

• waterly

関連する語

• aquativeness (obscure, 廃れた用法)

名詞

aquatic (複数形 aquatics)

1. Any aquatic plant.
   • 1835, Benjamin Maund, The Botanic Garden:

     In such a cistern the present and other hardy aquatics may be grown with success.

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