Definitions for brackishˈbræk ɪʃ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
brack•ishˈbræk ɪʃ(adj.)
slightly salt; salty or briny.
distasteful; unpleasant.
Origin of brackish:
1530–40; < D brak salty + -ish1
brack′ish•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
brackish(adj)
distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
"a thin brackish gruel"
brackish, briny(adj)
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
"a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep"
Wiktionary
brackish(Adjective)
(of water) salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
brackish(Adjective)
distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
brackish(Adjective)
repulsive
Webster Dictionary
Brackish(adj)
saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil
Translations for brackish
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
brackish(adjective)
(of water) tasting slightly of salt, often unpleasantly.
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- ضارِبٌ إلى المُلوحَهArabic
- с леко солен вкусBulgarian
- salobroPortuguese (BR)
- poloslanýCzech
- brackigGerman
- brak-Danish
- γλυφόςGreek
- salobreSpanish
- soolasevõituEstonian
- شور؛ بدمزهFarsi
- suolapitoinenFinnish
- saumâtreFrench
- מָיִם מְלִיחִיםHebrew
- खारी, खाराHindi
- bočatCroatian
- kissé sósHungarian
- payauIndonesian
- ísaltur; bragðvondurIcelandic
- salmastroItalian
- 塩気のあるJapanese
- 약간 소금기가 있는Korean
- sūrokasLithuanian
- (parūdeni) iesāļšLatvian
- payauMalay
- brakDutch
- brakk(vann)Norwegian
- słonawyPolish
- شور؛ بدمزهPersian
- تریو، بدمزهPashto
- salobroPortuguese
- sălciuRomanian
- солоноватыйRussian
- poloslanýSlovak
- slankastSlovenian
- slankastSerbian
- bräcktSwedish
- มีรสกร่อยThai
- hafif tuzlu, tuzlumsuTurkish
- (水)微鹹的Chinese (Trad.)
- солонуватийUkrainian
- نمکین ، کھاری ، شورزدہUrdu
- nước lợVietnamese
- 有盐味的Chinese (Simp.)
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