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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024aq•ua /ˈækwə, ˈɑkwə/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- a light greenish blue color.
aqua-, prefix. - aqua- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "water''. This meaning is found in such words as: aquaculture, aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, aqueous, aquifer.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aq•ua (ak′wə, ä′kwə),USA pronunciation n., pl. aq•uae (ak′wē, ä′kwē),USA pronunciation aq•uas, adj. n. - [Chiefly Pharm.]
- water.
- a liquid.
- a solution, esp. in water.
- a light greenish-blue color.
adj. - having the color aqua.
- Latin: water
- Middle English 1350–1400
- var. of aqui-.
- probably origin, 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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