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wa·ter·borne

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–adjective

1.	floating or moving on water; supported by water: The ship was waterborne ten months after the keel was laid.

2.	transported by ship or boat: waterborne commerce.

3.	communicated by water, esp. drinking water: waterborne diseases.

[Origin: 1550–60; water + borne

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wa·ter·borne Audio Help (wô'tər-bôrn', -bōrn', wŏt'ər-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Floating on or supported by water; afloat.
Transported by water: waterborne freight.
Transmitted in water: waterborne disease-causing microorganisms.

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waterborne
adjective
1.	transported by water; "waterborne freight"
2.	supported by water; "waterborne craft"

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ˈwaterborne adjective

carried or transmitted by water
Example: Typhoid is a waterborne disease.

Arabic:	مَنْقول بالماء
Chinese (Simplified):	（由于）饮水而传染的（疾病）
Chinese (Traditional):	(由於)飲水而傳染的(疾病)；(货)水运的
Czech:	šířený vodou
Danish:	vandbåren
Dutch:	door water overgebracht
Estonian:	vee kaudu leviv
Finnish:	vesitse leviävä
French:	d'origine hydrique
German:	durch Wasser übertragen
Greek:	που μεταδίδεται από το νερό ή μεταφέρεται με αυτό
Hungarian:	vízi úton szállított
Icelandic:	sem berst með menguðu vatni
Indonesian:	dibawa air
Italian:	(che si trasmette tramite l'acqua)

Japanese:	飲料水媒介の
Korean:	물로 운반되는, 수인성의
Latvian:	ar ūdeni pārnēsājama slimība
Lithuanian:	perduodamas, *pervežamas vandeniu
Norwegian:	overført gjennom vann
Polish:	przenoszony, *przewożony wodą
Portuguese (Brazil):	transmitido pela água
Portuguese (Portugal):	transmitido pela água
Romanian:	transmis prin apă
Russian:	перевозимый по воде; передающийся через воду
Slovak:	prepravovaný, al. šírený vodou
Slovenian:	ki se prenaša z vodo, *po vodi
Spanish:	transmisible por vía hídrica
Swedish:	som överförs genom (med) vatten
Turkish:	sudan bulaşan