Estuary

//ˈɛst͡ʃuˌɛɹi//

Synonyms for "estuary" (67 found)

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Related words (33)

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Translations

101 translations across 64 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • estuarium noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Albanian

1 entries
  • deltë noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Arabic

3 entries
  • خَوْر noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • فُغْرَة noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • مَصَبّ noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գետաբերան noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • mənsəb noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • çay ağzı noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Basque

1 entries
  • estuario noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ву́сце noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • эстуа́рый noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মোহনা noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • естуа́р noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Catalan

1 entries
  • estuari noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 入海口 noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • 出海口 noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • 河口 noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • amaitl noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Czech

1 entries
  • ústí noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Danish

2 entries
  • flodmunding noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • æstuarium noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Dutch

1 entries
  • estuarium noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • estuaro noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Estonian

2 entries
  • estuaar noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • lehtersuue noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Faroese

2 entries
  • áarósi noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • ósi noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Finnish

3 entries
  • estuaari noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • murtovesi noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • murtovesialue noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

French

1 entries
  • estuaire noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Galician

3 entries
  • esteiro noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • ría noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • ría noun (an ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ესტუარი noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • შესართავი noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

German

4 entries
  • Flussmündung noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • Meeresarm noun (an ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water)
  • Mündungsgebiet noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • Ästuar noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Greek

2 entries
  • εκβολή noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • κολπίσκος noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • muliwai noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • tölcsértorkolat noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • ármynni noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • árós noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • ós noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Ido

1 entries
  • estuario noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • estuari noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Iranun

1 entries
  • penggak noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Irish

1 entries
  • inbhir noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Italian

1 entries
  • estuario noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 河口 noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ನದೀಮುಖ noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Korean

3 entries
  • 강어귀 noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • 삼각강 noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • 하구 noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Latin

1 entries
  • aestuārium noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Latvian

2 entries
  • estuārijs noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • grīva noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • estuarija noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • естуар noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Malay

1 entries
  • muara noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Manx

1 entries
  • inver noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Māori

4 entries
  • pūaha noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • pūahatanga noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • pūwaha noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • wahapū noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • estuar noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • estuar noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Occitan

1 entries
  • estuari noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • لیمان noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Persian

3 entries
  • خور noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • مصب noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • پایرود noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Polish

2 entries
  • estuarium noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • ujście noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • estuário noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Romanian

1 entries
  • estuar noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Russian

2 entries
  • у́стье noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • эстуа́рий noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • inbhir noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • estuar noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • estuarij noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • естуар noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • естуариј noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ústie noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Slovene

1 entries
  • estuarij noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Spanish

2 entries
  • estuario noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • ría noun (an ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water)

Swedish

2 entries
  • estuarie noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • estuarium noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • wawa noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปากน้ำ noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Turkish

1 entries
  • haliç noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ги́рло noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • естуа́рій noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)
  • у́стя noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cửa sông noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Welsh

1 entries
  • aber noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • boa' soang noun (place where ocean tides and river water merge)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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The conservationist is against the building of a tidal barrage across the Severn estuary.

Source: tatoeba (6207904)

Because of tides, the water levels in an estuary are going up and down several times a day.

Source: tatoeba (6675754)

Estuarine organisms can adapt quite well to changing conditions in estuaries. For example, fish or crabs are mobile and can move as needed throughout the day to adjust to changes in the estuary.

Source: tatoeba (6675755)

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States.

Source: tatoeba (6679424)

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