water pipe

See also: waterpipe

English

Alternative forms

• waterpipe

Etymology

From Middle English waterpype, equivalent to water +‎ pipe.

Noun

water pipe (plural water pipes)

1. A pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing.
2. A device for smoking, such as a hookah or bong, in which the smoke is drawn through a container of water before inhaling.

Synonyms

• (device for smoking): See: hookah

Translations

water conduit

• Armenian: ջրատար (hy) (ǰratar)
• Brunei Malay: paip
• Danish: vandrør (da) n
• Finnish: vesijohtoputki, vesijohto (fi)
• German: Wasserleitung (de) f, Wasserrohr (de) n
• Hungarian: vízvezeték (hu)
• Irish: píopa uisce m
• Latin: fistula f
• Norwegian: vannledning m, vannpipe f

  Bokmål: vannrør n

• Old English: wæterþrūh f
• Portuguese: bica (pt) f
• Swedish: vattenledning (sv) c, vattenledningsrör n
• Tày: bẳng
• Ukrainian: водопрові́д m (vodoprovíd), водогі́н m (vodohín)

tobacco smoking device

• Arabic: شِيشَة (šīša), أرجيلة (argīle)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水煙 / 水烟 (zh) (shuǐyān)

• Czech: vodní dýmka f
• Esperanto: akvopipo
• Finnish: vesipiippu (fi)
• German: Wasserpfeife (de) f
• Hungarian: vízipipa (hu)
• Spanish: pipa de agua (es) f
• Swedish: vattenpipa (sv)
• Vietnamese: điếu cày (vi)

See also

• bong (water bong)
• hookah
• hubbly bubbly
• narghile
• shisha