Word
aqua
US/ˈækwə/
UK/ˈækwɐ/
Definitions
01a colour
n. a bright colour that is a mix of blue and green, like the water in a tropical sea.
n. a light, vibrant shade of greenish-blue, similar to turquoise or cyan.
“The bathroom was decorated in aqua and white to give it a fresh feel.”
“The designer selected an aqua silk for the evening gown, noting how the shimmering fabric mimicked the clarity of tropical coastal waters.”
02blue-green
adj. having a bright blue-green colour.
adj. denoting a specific hue between blue and green on the visible spectrum.
“She wore an aqua dress to the summer wedding.”
“The artist applied thin layers of aqua paint to the canvas to represent the shallowest parts of the coral reef.”
Synonyms
03water
n. the word for water in Latin, often used in science or to name products.
n. the aqueous state of matter; primarily used in pharmaceutical, chemical, or commercial nomenclature to denote water.
“The first ingredient listed on the shampoo bottle was aqua.”
“In pharmaceutical compounding, aqua must be purified to specific standards before it can be used as a solvent for intravenous medications.”
Technical · Formal
Usage
Often appears in ingredient lists on cosmetics or in chemical compound names.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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