aquarium
/əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/
aquarium noun: a tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
Noun
aquarium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
aquarium in Hindi
- tank for keeping fish
- जलजीवशाला jaljīvśālā
aquarium in Tamil
- நீரில்லம்
aquarium in Urdu
- tank for keeping fish
- مچھلی گھر machlī ghar
aquarium in Bengali
- tank for keeping fish
- অ্যাকোয়ারিয়াম êkōẇariẏam
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- aquarium in Malayalam
- കൃത്രിമ തടാകം, ഗ്ലാസ്സ് നിർമ്മിതമായ കൂട്, കൃത്രിമപ്പൊയ്ക
- aquarium in Kannada
- ಜಲಜೀವಿಬಾನಿ, ಅಕ್ವೇರಿಯಮ್, ಜಲಜೀವಿ ಗೃಹ, ಜಲಜೀವಿ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಾಲಯ
- aquarium in Tagalog
- pabiyay, isdaan
- aquarium in Arabic
- حَوْض اَلسَّمَك ḥawḍ as-samak, أَكْوَارِيُوم ʔakwāriyum, مَعْرِضُ الْأَحْيَاءِ الْمَائِيَّةِ maʕriḍu al-ʔaḥyāʔi al-māʔiyyati, مَعْرِضُ الْأَحْيَاءِ الْبَحْرِيَّةِ maʕriḍu al-ʔaḥyāʔi al-baḥriyyati
- aquarium in Malay
- akuarium
- aquarium in Indonesian
- akuarium
- aquarium in Persian
- آبزیدان âbzidân, آکواریوم âkvâryum
- aquarium in Thai
- ตู้ปลา dtûu-bplaa, อควอเรี่ยม à-kwɔɔ-rîiam, พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ำ pí-pít-tá-pan-sàt-náam, สถานแสดงพันธุ์สัตว์น้ำ sà-tǎan-sà-dɛɛng-pan-sàt-náam
- aquarium in Vietnamese
- bể cá, thủy cung, công viên thuỷ sinh
- aquarium in Myanmar
- ငါးမွေးကန် nga:mwe:kan, ဖန်ရေကန် hpanrekan
Examples of aquarium in a sentence
- Cloudiness in the water is most often caused in new aquariums by white bacteria.
- The kid was fascinated by the air bubbling up from the aquarium vent.
- We have many fish in our aquarium.
Synonyms of aquarium
Forms of aquarium
| plural | aquaria |
|---|---|
| plural | aquariums |
Origin of aquarium
Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua + -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius. Also claimed to be coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, as a blend of aquatic + vivarium.
Words formed from aquarium
Questions about aquarium
- What does aquarium mean?
- Aquarium means a tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
- What is aquarium in Hindi?
- Aquarium in Hindi is जलजीवशाला (jaljīvśālā). See Aquarium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aquarium?
- Aquarium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aquarium?
- Aquarium is pronounced /əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/ (US).
- What is the plural of aquarium?
- The plural of aquarium is aquaria.
Words near aquarium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aquarium (page history and authors); aquarium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aquarium (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aquarium (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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