acqua alta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌækwə ˈæltə/

Noun

acqua alta (uncountable)

A phenomenon that regularly occurs in the city of Venice, Italy, typically during high and spring tide, involving the flooding of the most low-lying areas of Venice.

Translations

regular flooding in Venice

Arabic: أَكّْوَا أَلْتَا f (ʔakkwā ʔaltā)
Catalan: acqua alta f
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 大潮 (zh) (dàcháo)
Esperanto: alta akvo
French: acqua alta (fr) f
German: Acqua alta f, Hochwasser (de) n
Greek: άκουα άλτα f or n (ákoua álta), παλίρροια (el) f (palírroia)
Hebrew: אַקְוָה אַלטָה f (ákva álta)
Italian: acqua alta f
Japanese: アックア・アルタ (akkua aruta), アクア・アルタ (akua aruta), ^{(please verify)} 大潮 (ja) (おおしお, ōshio), ^{(please verify)} おおしお (ja) (ōshio)
Kannada: ಆಕ್ವಾ ಆಲ್ಟಾ (ākvā ālṭā)
Korean: 아쿠아 알타 (akua alta)
Polish: acqua alta f
Portuguese: acqua alta f
Russian: наводне́ние (ru) n (navodnénije), наводне́ние в Вене́ции n (navodnénije v Venécii)
Slovene: visôka vôda f
Spanish: acqua alta f
Venetan: acua alta f, aqua alta f

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “high water”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈak.kwa ˈal.ta/
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Hyphenation: àc‧qua‧àl‧ta

Noun

acqua alta f (plural acque alte)

(usually uncountable) acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)

Related terms

alta marea

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwɐ ˈaw.tɐ/ [ˈa.kwɐ ˈaʊ̯.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwa ˈaw.ta/ [ˈa.kwa ˈaʊ̯.ta]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwɐ ˈal.tɐ/ [ˈa.kwɐ ˈaɫ.tɐ]

Noun

acqua alta f (usually uncountable, plural acque alte)

acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)