English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua + -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius. Also claimed to be coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, as a blend of aquatic + vivarium.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
aquarium (plural aquaria or aquariums)
- A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
- Synonym: (informal) fish tank
- A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.
Usage notes
The plural aquaria is generally considered more formal than aquariums.
Derived terms
Translations
tank for keeping fish
- Albanian: akuarium (sq) m
- Arabic: حَوْض اَلسَّمَك m (ḥawḍ as-samak), أَكْوَارِيُوم m (ʔakwāriyum)
- Armenian: ակվարիում (hy) (akvarium)
- Azerbaijani: akvarium
- Belarusian: аква́рыум m (akváryum)
- Bengali: অ্যাকোয়ারিয়াম (êkōẇariẏam)
- Bulgarian: аква́риум (bg) m (akvárium)
- Burmese: ငါးမွေးကန် (nga:mwe:kan), ဖန်ရေကန် (hpanrekan)
- Catalan: aquàrium (ca) m, aquari (ca) m
- Central Dusun: akuarium
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 魚缸 / 鱼缸 (zh) (yúgāng)
- Crimean Tatar: akvarium
- Czech: akvárium (cs) n
- Danish: akvarium (da) n
- Dutch: aquarium (nl) n
- Emilian: please add this translation if you can
- Esperanto: akvario (eo)
- Estonian: akvaarium
- Finnish: akvaario (fi)
- French: aquarium (fr) m
- Friulian: acuari m
- Georgian: აკვარიუმი (aḳvariumi)
- German: Aquarium (de) n
- Greek: ενυδρείο (el) n (enydreío)
- Hebrew: אקווריום / אַקְוַרְיוּם (he) m (akváryum)
- Hindi: जलजीवशाला (jaljīvśālā)
- Hungarian: akvárium (hu)
- Icelandic: fiskabúr (is) n
- Ido: aquario (io)
- Indonesian: akuarium (id)
- Irish: uisceadán m
- Italian: acquario (it) m
- Japanese: 金魚鉢 (ja) (kingyobachi) (bowl-shaped), 養魚鉢 (yōgyobachi); 水槽 (ja) (suisō) (box-shaped), アクアリウム (ja) (akuariumu)
- Kazakh: аквариум (akvarium)
- Khmer: អាងចិញ្ចឹមត្រី (ʼaang cəñcəm trəy)
- Korean: 수조(水槽) (ko) (sujo) (box-shaped), 아쿠아리움 (akuarium)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: akwaryûm (ku) f, masîdank f
- Kyrgyz: аквариум (ky) (akvarium)
- Lao: ສວນສັດນ້ຳ (sūan sat nam), ອ່າງປາ (ʼāng pā)
- Latvian: akvārijs m
- Ligurian: acquâio m
- Lithuanian: akvariumas (lt) m
- Lombard: acquari m
- Macedonian: аквариум m (akvarium)
- Malay: akuarium
- Maori: kauranga ika
- Mongolian: аквариум (akvarium)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: akvarium (no) n
- Nynorsk: akvarium n
- Persian: آبزیدان (fa) (âbzidân), آکواریوم (fa) (âkvâryum)
- Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: akwarium (pl) n
- Portuguese: aquário (pt) m
- Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: acvariu (ro) n
- Russian: аква́риум (ru) m (akvárium)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: акваријум m, аквариј m
- Roman: akvarijum m, akvarij (sh) m
- Slovak: akvárium n
- Slovene: akvarij (sl) m inan
- Spanish: acuario (es) m, pecera (es) f
- Swedish: akvarium (sv) n
- Tagalog: pabiyay, isdaan
- Tajik: аквариум (akvarium), обзидон (obzidon)
- Thai: ตู้ปลา (dtûu-bplaa), อควอเรี่ยม (à-kwɔɔ-rîiam)
- Turkish: (box-shaped) akvaryum (tr), (bowl-shaped) fanus (tr)
- Turkmen: akwarium (tk)
- Ukrainian: аква́ріум (uk) m (akvárium)
- Urdu: مچھلی گھر m (machlī ghar)
- Uzbek: akvarium (uz)
- Vietnamese: bể cá
- Volapük: fitavatiär
- Yiddish: אַקוואַריום (akvaryum)
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public place where live fish are exhibited
- Arabic: حَوْض اَلسَّمَك m (ḥawḍ as-samak), مَعْرِضُ الْأَحْيَاءِ الْمَائِيَّةِ/الْبَحْرِيَّةِ m
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: aquàrium (ca) m, aquari (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 水族館 / 水族馆 (zh) (shuǐzúguǎn)
- Czech: akvárium (cs) n
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: akvaario (fi)
- French: aquarium (fr) m
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Aquarium (de) n
- Greek: ενυδρείο (el) n (enydreío)
- Hebrew: אקווריום / אַקְוַרְיוּם (he) m (akváryum)
- Irish: uisceadán m
- Italian: acquario (it) m
- Japanese: 水族館 (ja) (suizokukan), アクアリウム (ja) (akuariumu)
- Korean: 수족관(水族館) (ko) (sujokgwan), 아쿠아리움 (akuarium)
- Lao: ພິພິດທະພັນສັດນ້ຳ (phi phit tha phan sat nam)
- Malay: akuarium
- Maori: kauranga ika
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: akvarium (no) n
- Nynorsk: akvarium n
- Polish: akwarium (pl) n
- Portuguese: aquário (pt) m
- Romanian: acvariu (ro) n
- Russian: аква́риум (ru) m (akvárium)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: акваријум m, аквариј m
- Roman: akvarijum m, akvarij (sh) m
- Spanish: acuario (es) m, acuárium m
- Swedish: akvarium (sv) n
- Tagalog: pabiyay, isdaan
- Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ำ (pí-pít-tá-pan-sàt-náam), สถานแสดงพันธุ์สัตว์น้ำ (sà-tǎan-sà-dɛɛng-pan-sàt-náam)
- Turkish: akvaryum (tr)
- Vietnamese: thủy cung, công viên thuỷ sinh
- Volapük: fitemavatiäröp
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References
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aquārium. Influenced by English aquarium. Doublet of aker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːˈkʋaː.ri.ʏm/
- Hyphenation: aqua‧ri‧um
- Rhymes: -aːriʏm
Noun
aquarium n (plural aquaria or aquariums, diminutive aquariumpje n)
- aquarium
- (obsolete) water basin, water tank
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aquārium. Doublet of évier.
Pronunciation
Noun
aquarium m (plural aquariums)
- aquarium
- (slang) a clambake (an instance of smoking in an enclosed space)
Further reading
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
aquārium
- nominative neuter singular of aquārius
References