fresh water
noun
fresh water is a noun meaning “Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-S-H-W-A-T-E-R. The plural of fresh water is fresh waters.
What does fresh water mean?
noun
- 1
Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of freshwater.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fresh water?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-fresh_water.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fresh water
- fresh waters plural
- freshwater
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with fresh water
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: freshwater (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Fresh water in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense water with little salt:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | eau douce |
| German | Süßwasser |
| Portuguese | água doce |
| Spanish | agua dulce |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.