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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈkwætɪk/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˈkwætɪk, əˈkwɑt-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə kwat′ik, ə kwot′-)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
a•quat•ic /əˈkwætɪk, əˈkwɑt-/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Ecologyliving or growing in water: aquatic plant life.
  2. taking place or practiced on or in water:[before a noun]Swimming is an aquatic sport.

n. [countable]
  1. Plant Biology, Ecologyan aquatic plant or animal.
  2. Sportaquatics, [plural] sports practiced on or in water.
a•quat•i•cal•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
a•quat•ic  (ə kwat′ik, ə kwot′-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. of, in, or pertaining to water.
  2. Ecologyliving or growing in water:aquatic plant life.
  3. taking place or practiced on or in water:aquatic sports.

n. 
  1. Plant Biology, Ecologyan aquatic plant or animal.
  2. Sport aquatics, sports practiced on or in water.
  • Latin, as above
  • Middle French
  • Latin aquāticus, equivalent. to aqu(a) water + -āticus (see -ate1, -ic); replacing late Middle English aquatyque
  • 1480–90
a•quat′i•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
aquatic /əˈkwætɪk; əˈkwɒt-/ adj
  1. growing, living, or found in water
  2. performed in or on water
 n
  1. a marine or freshwater animal or plant
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin aquāticus, from aqua water
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