Water
Also called dihydrogen monoxide, dihydridooxygen, hydrogen hydroxide and dihydrogen oxide
Water is a beverage. Cooks use it to boil, simmer, and steam.
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Photo: Forbes Johnston from Winchester, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
In the kitchen
How to use water
Typical ways to cook or use it
- Boil simmer
- Steam
Preparing it
Filtration or distillation can make nonpotable water drinkable.
Cooking with it
A pressure cooker raises water's boiling temperature and can shorten cooking times. Dissolved sugar or salt raises water's boiling point.
Around the world
Where water is cooked
Dishes by continent
- Asia67
- Africa15
- Europe10
- The Americas1
On the table
Dishes made with water
Caluk noodles
Indonesia
Arròs al forn
Spain
Aşure
Ofe Oha
Nigeria
Sorrel soup
Eastern Europe
Brussels waffle
Belgium
Madd
Senegal
Spätzle
Varena
Ukraine
Achma
Georgia
Ayran
Iran, Türkiye
Mulgikapsad
Estonia
Achu soup
Cameroon
Blåbärssoppa
Sweden
Ifisashi
Zambia
Sochen'
Sour rye soup
Poland
Bazeen
Libya
Brouet
Fufu
Ghana
Klatak Satay
Indonesia
Fideuà
Spain
Afang
Nigeria
Sombi
Senegal
Tuo Zaafi
Ghana
Arsik
Indonesia
Beans and corn porridge
Nigeria
Kanji rumbi
Indonesia
Goat meat pepper soup
Nigeria
Lontong kikil
Indonesia
White Amala
Nigeria
Nasi gandul
Indonesia
Agidi
Nigeria
Kikil satay
Indonesia
Plantain Fufu
Nigeria
Nasi lapola
Indonesia
Rujak cingur
Indonesia
Gabus pucung
Indonesia
Jepara grilled opor
Indonesia
Pallumara Ikan Sunu
Indonesia
Panada
Indonesia
Sayur asem
Indonesia
Es Pisang Ijo
Indonesia
Molen banana
Indonesia
Pempek
Indonesia
Pempek Kapal Selam
Indonesia
Roti buaya
Indonesia
Sari pengantin
Indonesia
Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include water.
Around the world
What water is called
Spanish
agua · agua pura
French
eau · monoxide de dihydrogène · oxide de dihydrogène · eau pure
Italian
acqua · ossido di idrogeno · ossidano · monossido di idrogeno
Portuguese
água · monóxido de di-hidrogênio · diíbrido oxigênio
German
Wasser · blaues Gold · pures Wasser
Dutch
water
Greek
νερό · ύδωρ · Η2Ο · διυδροξυγόνο
Turkish
su · ab
Russian
вода · оксид водорода · гидроксид водорода · гидроксильная кислота
Polish
woda · oksydan · tlenek wodoru
Arabic
ماء · مياه · الماء · المياه
Persian
آب
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Abkhazian
аӡы
Achinese
ie
Afrikaans
water
Aghem
mmughū
Akan
nsuo
Albanian
uji
Amharic
ውሃ
ami
nanum
Ancient Greek
ὕδωρ
Aragonese
augua
Aramaic
ܡܝܐ
Armenian
ջուր
Aromanian
apâ · monoxid de dihidrogen · dihidrooxigen · oxid de dihidrogen
Assamese
পানী · জল · নীৰ · অম্বু
Asturian
agua
Atikamekw
nipi
Avaric
лъим
Awadhi
पानी
Aymara
uma
azb
سو
Azerbaijani
su
bag
matɛ́yá
Balinese
toya · yéh
Bambara
ji
Bangla
জল · ডাইহাইড্রোজেন মনোঅক্সাইড · ডাইহাইড্রোজেন অক্সাইড · পানি
Banjar
banyu
Basaa
màlep
Bashkir
һыу
Basque
ur
Batak Toba
aek
Bavarian
Wossa
bdr
buek
Belarusian
вада · аксід вадароду · дыяксід вадароду
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
вада
Betawi
aèr
Bhojpuri
पानी · जल · आब
Bikol
tubig
Bislama
wota
bkc
ngo
bkh
madíp
blk
ထီ
Bosnian
voda
Breton
dour
Bulgarian
вода
Buriat
уһан
Burmese
ရေ
Cantonese
水 · 水氣 · 一氧化二氫 · 氧化二氫
Catalan
aigua
cdo
cūi
Cebuano
tubig
Central Dusun
waig
Central Kurdish
ئاو
Chamorro
hånom
Chechen
хи
Cherokee
ꭰꮉ
Cheyenne
mahpe
Chinese
水 · 氢氧化氢 · 一氧化二氢
Choctaw
oka'
Church Slavic
вода
Chuvash
шыв
Colognian
Wasser
Cornish
dowr
Corsican
acqua
Cree
ᓃᐲᔾ
Crimean Tatar
suv
Crimean Tatar (Latin)
suv
Croatian
voda
Czech
voda · oxidan · dihydrogenmonoxid
dag
kom
Danish
vand · vanddamp · vandis · oxidane
dga
koɔ
Dinka
piu
Divehi
ފެން
dty
पानी
Duala
madiba
Egyptian Arabic
ميه
eml
aqua
Erzya
ведь
Esperanto
akvo · dihidrogena monooksido · hidrogena hidroksido · dihidridooksigeno
Estonian
vesi
eto
mə̀ndím
etu
ayɛ́b
Ewe
3tsi
Ewondo
məndím
Extremaduran
augua
Faroese
vatn
Fiji Hindi
paani
Fijian
wai
Filipino
tubig
Finnish
vesi · divetymonoksidi · divetyoksidi · oksidaani
fmp
nshi
Fon
sìn
Friulian
aghe
Fula
ndiyam
Galician
auga · monóxido de dihidróxeno
Gan Chinese
水
Gan Chinese (Simplified)
水
Ganda
amazzi
Gbaya
zi
gcr
dilo
Georgian
წყალი
Ghomala
shyə
Gilaki
آب
Goan Konkani
udok · उदक
Gothic
𐍅𐌰𐍄𐌰
gpe
water · dihydrogen monoxide · dihydridooxygen · hydrogen hydroxide
Guarani
y
Gujarati
પાણી
Haitian Creole
dlo
Hakka Chinese
súi
Hausa
ruwa
Hebrew
מים · דו-מימן חד-חמצני
Hindi
जल · पानी · पीयूष · हाइड्रोजन हाइड्रॉक्साइड
Hungarian
víz
hyw
ջուր
Iban
ai
Icelandic
vatn
Ido
aquo
Igbo
mmiri · oshimiri · osimiri
Iloko
danum
Inari Sami
čääci
Indonesian
air · dihidrogen monoksida · dihidrogen oksida
Ingush
хий
Interlingua
aqua
Interlingue
aqua
Inuktitut
ᐃᒪᖅ
Inupiaq
imiq
Irish
uisce
isu
mwí
isv
Voda
isv (Cyrillic)
вода
isv (Latin)
voda
Jamaican Creole English
waata
Japanese
水 · みず
Javanese
banyu · toya
Jju
ba̱shekkwot
Kabyle
aman
kai
Àmū
Kannada
ನೀರು
Kanuri
Water
Kara-Kalpak
suw
Kashmiri
آب · پونؠ
Kashmiri (Arabic)
پوٗنؠ
Kashubian
wòda
Kazakh
су
kbp
lɩm
ker
kan
kge
uwai
Khmer
ទឹក
Kikuyu
mai
Kinyarwanda
amazi
Kom
mû
Kongo
maza
Korean
물
Kurdish
av
kus
ku'om
Kwasio
majiɔ̌
Kyrgyz
суу
Ladino
agua
Lao
ນ້ໍາ
Latgalian
iudiņs
Latin
aqua · hydor
Latvian
ūdens
lbe
шин · щин
lem
menyífé
Lezghian
яд
Ligurian
ægoa
Limburgish
water
Lingala
mái
Lingua Franca Nova
acua
Literary Chinese
水 · 一氧化二氫 · H_{2}O
Lithuanian
vanduo
lld
èga
lns
mèlú me nyomin mè
Lojban
djacu
Lombard
aigua · aiva · agua
Low German
Water
Low Saxon
woater · waeter · water · waoter
Lower Silesian
Woasser
Lower Sorbian
wóda
Luba-Lulua
maayi · maayi mimpa
Luxembourgish
Waasser
Macedonian
вода
Madurese
aèng
Magahi
पानी
Maithili
पानी
Malagasy
rano
Malay
air
Malay (Arabic)
اءير
Malayalam
ജലം · വെള്ളം
Manchu
ᠮᡠᡴᡝ
Manipuri
ꯏꯁꯤꯡ
Manx
ushtey
Māori
wai
Marathi
पाणी · जल
Mazanderani
ئو
mcp
mənik
Medumba
ntsə
Min Nan Chinese
chúi · chuí
Minangkabau
aia
Mingrelian
წყარი
Mirandese
auga
Moksha
ведь
Mongolian
ус
Moroccan Arabic
ما
Mossi
ko-yũudum · koom
Mundang
bii
N’Ko
ߖߌ
nah
ātl
Nauru
ebok
Navajo
tó
Neapolitan
acqua
Nepali
पानी
Newari
लः
Ngiemboon
ntse
Nias
idanö
Northern Frisian
Weeder
Northern Sami
čáhci
Norwegian Bokmål
vann · vatn
Norwegian Nynorsk
vatn
nrm
Ieau
Obolo
mun̄
Occitan
aiga
Odia
ଜଳ · ପାଣି
Old English
wæter
olo
vezi
Oromo
bishaan
Ossetic
дон
Palatine German
Wassa
Pampanga
danum
Pangasinan
danom · danum
Papiamento
awa
Pashto
اوبه
Pennsylvania German
Wasser
Picard
ieu
Piedmontese
eva
pih
wata
Punjabi
ਪਾਣੀ
Quechua
yaku
rmf
paani
Romanian
apă · monoxid de dihidrogen · dihidrooxigen · oxid de dihidrogen
Rusyn
вода
ryu
水 · みじ
Samoan
vai
Samogitian
ondou · vanduo
Sanskrit
जलम्
Santali
ᱫᱟᱜ
Sardinian
aba
Saterland Frisian
Woater
Scots
watter
Scottish Gaelic
uisge
Serbian
вода · аква
Serbian (Latin)
voda
Shan
ၼမ်ႉ · ၼမ်ႉၼႆး
Shona
mvura
Sicilian
acqua
Silesian
woda
Simplified Chinese
水
Simplified Chinese (China)
水
Simplified Chinese (Malaysia)
水
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
水
Sindhi
پاڻي
Sinhala
ජලය
sjd
ча̄дзь
Skolt Sami
čääʹcc
skr
پاݨی
Slovak
voda · oxidán
Slovenian
voda · divodikov monoksid · vodikov hidroksid · oksidan
Somali
biyo
Southern Sami
tjaetsie
Southern Sotho
metsi
Standard Moroccan Tamazight
ⴰⵎⴰⵏ
Sundanese
cai
Swahili
maji
Swedish
vatten · diväteoxid · vätehydroxid
Swiss German
Wasser
Swiss High German
Wasser
syl
ꠚꠣꠘꠤ
szy
nanum
Tachelhit
aman
Tajik
об
Tamil
நீர் · இருஐதரசன் ஒரொட்சைட்டு · தண்ணீர்
Taroko
qsiya
Tatar
су · водород оксиды · Н2O · аб
Tatar (Cyrillic)
су · водород оксиды · Н2O
Tatar (Latin)
su · wodorod oqsidı
tay
’sya
Telugu
నీరు · జలము
Tetum
Bee
Thai
น้ำ · คงคา · นที · อุทก
Tibetan
ཆུ།
Tok Pisin
wara
Toki Pona
telo
Tongan
vai
Traditional Chinese
水
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
水
Traditional Chinese (Macao SAR China)
水
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
水
Tsonga
mati
Tulu
ನೀರ್
Tumbuka
maji · Maji
Turkmen
suw
tvu
menífé
Tyap
a̱sa̱khwot
Udmurt
ву
Ukrainian
вода
Upper Sorbian
woda
Urdu
پانی
Uyghur
سۇ
Uzbek
suv
Venetian
àcua · àgua · osidan · òsido de idròzeno
Veps
vezi
Vietnamese
nước · thủy · thuỷ · dihydrogen monoxide
Volapük
vat
Võro
vesi
vut
mvúm
Walloon
aiwe · êwe · eûwe
Waray
tubig
Welsh
dŵr
wes
wata
West Flemish
woater
Western Frisian
wetter
Western Panjabi
پاݨی · پانی
Wolof
ndox
Wu Chinese
水
Xhosa
amanzi
Yakut
уу
Yangben
moomb
yas
miimpo
yat
məní
Yemba
ntsih
Yiddish
װאַסער
Yoruba
omi
Zaza
awe
Zhuang
raemx
Zulu
amanzi
Sources and credits
Data
- GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
- Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
- Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikidata item: Q283
Photos
Photo: Forbes Johnston from Winchester, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons











