Cistern

//ˈsɪs.tɚn//

Synonyms for "cistern" (48 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

artificial lake basin bayou lake cisterna dam dead water dike etang farm pond

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (14)

fishpond freshwater lake glacial lake inland sea lagoon laguna lake lakelet landlocked water linn loch lough mere millpond

Related words (24)

millpool nyanza oxbow lake plash pond pondlet pool puddle reservoir salina salt pond stagnant water standing water still water sump tank tarn tidal pond tub volcanic lake

Show 3 more words

water hole water pocket well

Noun(1 words)

water tank

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

5 entries

pool reservoir sac storage tank tank

Synonyms

1 entries

cisterna

derived

9 entries

cerebromedullary cistern cistern epiphyte cisternal cisterned cisternful cisternless cisternography hog cistern intracistern

etymologically related_to

1 entries

citerne

has context

1 entries

anatomy

is a

3 entries

pool reservoir tank

related to

12 entries

catching cisterna condenser flush flush toilet holding rainwater reservoir steam engine tank vessel water

Translations

132 translations across 69 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

bot noun (reservoir for holding water)
cisternë noun (reservoir for holding water)
hauz noun (reservoir for holding water)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

δεξαμενή noun (reservoir for holding water)
λάκκος noun (reservoir for holding water)
ἔλυτρον noun (reservoir for holding water)

Arabic

3 entries

حَوْض noun (reservoir for holding water)
صِهْرِيج noun (reservoir for holding water)
فِنْطَاس noun (reservoir for holding water)

Armenian

1 entries

ցիստերն noun (reservoir for holding water)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

sistern noun (reservoir for holding water)

Belarusian

4 entries

бак noun (reservoir for holding water)
рэзервуа́р noun (reservoir for holding water)
рэзэрвуа́р noun (reservoir for holding water)
цыстэ́рна noun (reservoir for holding water)

Bulgarian

3 entries

каза́нче noun (flush toilet's container)
резервоа́р noun (reservoir for holding water)
цисте́рна noun (reservoir for holding water)

Burmese

1 entries

ရေလှောင်ကန် noun (reservoir for holding water)

Catalan

1 entries

cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

水槽 noun (reservoir for holding water)

Czech

1 entries

cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Dalmatian

1 entries

cistierna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Danish

1 entries

cisterne noun (reservoir for holding water)

Dutch

4 entries

cisterne noun (reservoir for holding water)
regenbak noun (reservoir for holding water)
regenput noun (reservoir for holding water)
regenwaterput noun (reservoir for holding water)

Esperanto

2 entries

akvujo noun (reservoir for holding water)
cisterno noun (reservoir for holding water)

Estonian

1 entries

tsistern noun (reservoir for holding water)

Finnish

4 entries

sadevesisäiliö noun (reservoir for holding water)
säiliö noun (flush toilet's container)
vesisäiliö noun (reservoir for holding water)
vesisäiliö noun (flush toilet's container)

French

2 entries

chasse d'eau noun (flush toilet's container)
citerne noun (reservoir for holding water)

Friulian

1 entries

cistierne noun (reservoir for holding water)

Galician

4 entries

alxibe noun (reservoir for holding water)
alxube noun (reservoir for holding water)
canfurna noun (reservoir for holding water)
cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Georgian

1 entries

ცისტერნა noun (reservoir for holding water)

German

2 entries

Spülkasten noun (flush toilet's container)
Zisterne noun (reservoir for holding water)

Greek

3 entries

δεξαμενή noun (reservoir for holding water)
καζανάκι noun (flush toilet's container)
στέρνα noun (reservoir for holding water)

Gujarati

2 entries

ટાંકી noun (reservoir for holding water)
તળાવ noun (reservoir for holding water)

Hebrew

1 entries

גֵּב noun (reservoir for holding water)

Hindi

3 entries

जलाशय noun (reservoir for holding water)
टंकी noun (reservoir for holding water)
हौज़ noun (reservoir for holding water)

Hungarian

3 entries

ciszterna noun (reservoir for holding water)
víztartály noun (flush toilet's container)
víztároló noun (reservoir for holding water)

Ido

1 entries

aquuyo noun (reservoir for holding water)

Indonesian

1 entries

perigi noun (reservoir for holding water)

Irish

1 entries

sistéal noun (reservoir for holding water)

Istriot

1 entries

zustierna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Italian

1 entries

cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Japanese

3 entries

タンク noun (reservoir for holding water)
水槽 noun (reservoir for holding water)
貯水槽 noun (reservoir for holding water)

Kazakh

2 entries

цистерна noun (reservoir for holding water)
шанаш noun (reservoir for holding water)

Korean

2 entries

수조 noun (reservoir for holding water)
탱크 noun (reservoir for holding water)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

цистерна noun (reservoir for holding water)

Latin

2 entries

cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)
lacus noun (reservoir for holding water)

Latvian

1 entries

cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Lithuanian

1 entries

cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Macedonian

1 entries

цистерна noun (reservoir for holding water)

Middle English

1 entries

cisterne noun (reservoir for holding water)

Middle French

1 entries

cisterne noun (reservoir for holding water)

Māori

1 entries

kurawai noun (reservoir for holding water)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

isima noun (reservoir for holding water)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

cisterne noun (reservoir for holding water)
cisterne noun (flush toilet's container)
sisterne noun (reservoir for holding water)
sisterne noun (flush toilet's container)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

cisterne noun (reservoir for holding water)
cisterne noun (flush toilet's container)
sisterne noun (reservoir for holding water)
sisterne noun (flush toilet's container)

Persian

2 entries

حوض noun (reservoir for holding water)
سیسترن noun (reservoir for holding water)

Polish

1 entries

cysterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Portuguese

2 entries

algibe noun (reservoir for holding water)
cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Romanian

1 entries

cisternă noun (reservoir for holding water)

Russian

4 entries

бак noun (reservoir for holding water)
бачо́к noun (flush toilet's container)
резервуа́р noun (reservoir for holding water)
цисте́рна noun (reservoir for holding water)

Sardinian

3 entries

chisterra noun (reservoir for holding water)
cisterra noun (reservoir for holding water)
gisterra noun (reservoir for holding water)

Scots

1 entries

cistren noun (reservoir for holding water)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

amar noun (reservoir for holding water)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

cìstērna noun (reservoir for holding water)
цѝсте̄рна noun (reservoir for holding water)

Sicilian

2 entries

jisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)
sterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Slovak

2 entries

cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)
rezervoár noun (reservoir for holding water)

Slovene

1 entries

cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Spanish

3 entries

aljibe noun (reservoir for holding water)
cisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)
cisterna noun (flush toilet's container)

Swedish

1 entries

cistern noun (reservoir for holding water)

Tajik

2 entries

систерн noun (reservoir for holding water)
ҳавз noun (reservoir for holding water)

Thai

3 entries

ถังน้ำ noun (reservoir for holding water)
ถังเก็บน้ำ noun (reservoir for holding water)
แท็งก์น้ำ noun (reservoir for holding water)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཆུ་སྒྲོམ noun (reservoir for holding water)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ጋው noun (reservoir for holding water)

Turkish

2 entries

rezervuar noun (flush toilet's container)
sarnıç noun (reservoir for holding water)

Ukrainian

3 entries

бак noun (reservoir for holding water)
резервуа́р noun (reservoir for holding water)
цисте́рна noun (reservoir for holding water)

Urdu

1 entries

حَوضْ noun (reservoir for holding water)

Uzbek

1 entries

sisterna noun (reservoir for holding water)

Welsh

2 entries

dyfrgist noun (reservoir for holding water)
seston noun (reservoir for holding water)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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The cistern is empty.

Source: tatoeba (2337375)

My father is waiting for us at the cistern.

Source: tatoeba (8602574)

The cistern on the roof collects rainwater.

Source: tatoeba (10681325)

She's probably in that cistern by now, taking down every word we say.

Source: tatoeba (12787178)

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