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hydrous

Syllables: hy·drous/ˈhaɪdɹəs/

hydrous adjective: containing combined water; hydrated.

Adjective

hydrous (not comparable)

  1. Containing combined water; hydrated.

hydrous meaning in Bengali and Kannada

hydrous in Bengali

সংযুক্ত পানিযুক্ত, জলযোজিত

hydrous in Kannada

ನೀರಿನ, ನೀರಿರುವ, ನೀರಂತಿರುವ

Origin of hydrous

From Ancient Greek ὑδροῦς (hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Equivalent to hydro- + -ous. Doublet of Otranto and Hydruntum.

Words formed from hydrous

Phrases with hydrous

Questions about hydrous

What does hydrous mean?
Hydrous means containing combined water; hydrated.
What is hydrous in Bengali?
Hydrous in Bengali is সংযুক্ত পানিযুক্ত, জলযোজিত. See Hydrous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is hydrous?
Hydrous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hydrous?
Hydrous is pronounced /ˈhaɪdɹəs/ (US).

Words near hydrous in the dictionary

  1. hydroureter
  2. hydroureteronephroses
  3. hydroureteronephrosis
  4. hydroureters
  5. hydrouria
  6. hydrous
  7. hydrous pyrolyses
  8. hydrous pyrolysis
  9. hydrovane
  10. hydrovanes
  11. hydrovascular

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrous (page history and authors); hydrous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hydrous (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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