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===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* [[graywater]], [[greywater]], [[grey water]]
* {{alt|en|graywater|greywater|grey water}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|head=[[gray]] [[water]]|-}}
{{en-noun|~}}


# Water that is not clean enough to be [[potable]], such as having been used for washing, but not contaminated with fecal matter or other source of dangerous bacteria or dangerous or noxious materials.
# [[water|Water]] that is not clean enough to be [[potable]], such as having been used for washing, but not contaminated with [[fecal matter]] or other source of dangerous [[bacterium|bacteria]] or dangerous or noxious materials.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2020|title=Footprints|author=David Farrier|chapter=The Library of Babel|publisher=4th Estate|isbn=9780008286354|passage=Its tunnels will have thinned like unhealthy arteries, before twisting and buckling under the weight of the shifting ice, slowly leaching diesel fuel, toxic chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyls, '''grey water''' and radiological waste.}}


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* [[sullage]]
* {{l|en|sullage}}


====Coordinate terms====
====Coordinate terms====
* [[black water]], [[sewage]]
* {{l|en|black water}}, {{l|en|sewage}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|non-potable, but non-toxic water}}
{{trans-top|non-potable, but non-toxic water}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|gryswater}}
* {{trreq|ar}}
* Arabic: {{t-needed|ar}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|[[կենցաղային]] [[կեղտաջուր]]|sc=Armn}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|[[կենցաղային]] [[կեղտաջուր]]|sc=Armn}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|中水|tr=zhōngshuǐ|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|灰水|tr=huīshuǐ|sc=Hani}}, [[可]][[再]][[利用]][[廢水]], [[可]][[再]][[利用]][[废水]] (kě zài lìyòng fèishuǐ)
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|中水|tr=zhōngshuǐ}}, {{t|cmn|灰水|tr=huīshuǐ}}, [[可]][[再]][[利用]][[廢水]], [[可]][[再]][[利用]][[废水]] (kě zài lìyòng fèishuǐ)
* {{trreq|nl}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|grijswater|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|harmaa}} {{t+|fi|vesi}}, {{t+|fi|harmaavesi}}, {{t+|fi|pesuvesi}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[harmaa]] [[vesi]]}}, {{t+|fi|harmaavesi}}, {{t+|fi|pesuvesi}}
* French: {{t|fr|eau de ménage|f}}, {{t|fr|eaux grises|f-p}}
* French: {{t|fr|eau de ménage|f}}, {{t+|fr|eaux grises|f-p}}
* German: {{t|de|Grauwasser|n}}, {{t|de|Nutzwasser|n}}
* German: {{t+|de|Grauwasser|n}}, {{t+|de|Nutzwasser|n}}
* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}}
{{trans-mid}}
* {{trreq|hi}}
* Italian: {{t-needed|it}}
* {{trreq|it}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* {{trreq|ja}}
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|woda szara|f}}
* {{trreq|ko}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|água cinza|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|água cinza|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|серая вода|f|tr=séraja vodá}}, {{t|ru|бытовые сточные воды|f-p|tr=bytovýje stóčnyje vódy}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|се́рая вода́|f}}, {{t|ru|бытовы́е сто́чные во́ды|f-p}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|aguas grises|p}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|aguas grises|p}}, {{t|es|agua gris|m}}
* {{trreq|vi}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|nước xám}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


====See also====
===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{pedia|greywater}}


{{C|en|Water}}
[[ta:gray water]]

Latest revision as of 12:41, 27 September 2024

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gray water (countable and uncountable, plural gray waters)

  1. Water that is not clean enough to be potable, such as having been used for washing, but not contaminated with fecal matter or other source of dangerous bacteria or dangerous or noxious materials.
    • 2020, David Farrier, “The Library of Babel”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:
      Its tunnels will have thinned like unhealthy arteries, before twisting and buckling under the weight of the shifting ice, slowly leaching diesel fuel, toxic chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyls, grey water and radiological waste.

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