aqua

[ ak-wuh, ah-kwuh ]
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noun,plural aq·uae [ak-wee, ah-kwee], /ˈæk wi, ˈɑ kwi/, aq·uas.
  1. Chiefly Pharmacology.

  2. a light greenish-blue color.

adjective
  1. having the color aqua.

Origin of aqua

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin: water

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Other definitions for aqua- (2 of 2)

aqua-

  1. variant of aqui-.

Origin of aqua-

2
Probably originally attributive use of aqua, or generalized from words in which it is etymologically the head noun of a phrase, as aquamarine, aquatint

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British Dictionary definitions for aqua

aqua

/ (ˈækwə) /


nounplural aquae (ˈækwiː) or aquas
  1. water: used in compound names of certain liquid substances (as in aqua regia) or solutions of substances in water (as in aqua ammoniae), esp in the names of pharmacological solutions

adjective

Origin of aqua

1
Latin: water

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