artesian well

English

Noun

artesian well (plural artesian wells)

1. An aquifer in which water rises to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.

   Synonym: artesian spring

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     “When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”

2. A bore-hole in an artesian basin.

Translations

aquifer

• Catalan: pou artesià m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: arteesinen kaivo (fi)
• French: puits artésien (fr) m
• Greek: αρτεσιανό φρέαρ n (artesianó fréar)
• Hindi: पातालतोड़ कुआँ (pātāltoṛ kuā̃)
• Irish: tobar airtéiseach m, fuarán airtéiseach m (literally “artesian spring”)
• Polish: źródło artezyjskie n
• Romanian: fântână arteziană (ro) f
• Russian: артезиа́нские во́ды f pl (artɛziánskije vódy)
• Spanish: pozo artesiano m
• Tagalog: poso-artesyano
• Turkish: artezyen kuyusu (tr)

borehole

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自流井 (zh) (zìliújǐng)

• Finnish: arteesinen porakaivo
• French: puits artésien (fr) m
• German: artesischer Brunnen m
• Greek: αρτεσιανό φρέαρ n (artesianó fréar)
• Japanese: 掘り抜き井戸 (ほりぬきいど, horinuki ido)
• Polish: studnia artezyjska (pl) f
• Portuguese: poço artesiano m
• Russian: артезиа́нский коло́дец (ru) m (artɛziánskij kolódec), артезиа́нская сква́жина f (artɛziánskaja skvážina)