Added 9 October 2026
saltwater
noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about saltwater at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Water containing salts.
the water in the ocean is all saltwater
Origin
From Middle English saltwater, salte water, equivalent to salt + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Soaltwoater (“saltwater”), West Frisian sâltwetter (“saltwater”), Dutch zoutwater (“saltwater”), German Low German Soltwater (“saltwater”), German Salzwasser (“saltwater”), Danish saltvand (“saltwater”), Swedish saltvatten (“saltwater”), Icelandic saltvatn (“saltwater”).
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