Noun: aqua
| Singular | aqua |
| Plural | aquas; aquae |
Sample Sentences
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Ms. Rockburne, with help from a team of artists, is working on a gargantuan mural of deep blues, shimmering aquas and luminous gold leaf that is headed for the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. [2009 June 27, Patricia Cohen, “Employing Art Along With Ambassadors”, in New York Times:]
Nouns inflected like aqua
palestra,
sarisa,
samara,
schola,
Banff Springs physa,
exumbrella,
bildungsroman,
turritella,
Sir David's long-beaked echidna,
comatula,
nanoantenna,
retinula,
pyrexia,
mesoamygdala,
planetary nebula,
saxicava,
Bildungsroman,
billboard antenna,
structural formula,
babesia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo. See: Middle English Nouns '
aqua', Latin Nouns '
aqua'.
Verbs referencing "aqua"
English Nouns
ea, English Nouns
eau.