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Water

Also called dihydrogen monoxide, dihydridooxygen, hydrogen hydroxide and dihydrogen oxide

Water is a beverage. Cooks use it to boil, simmer, and steam.

Category
Drinks
Cooked most in
Asia, Africa, Europe
Top country
Indonesia
Water, whole

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

111 dishes in the catalogue use water. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list water among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with water

48 of the 111 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.
  • 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

Names in 329 languages, from Wikidata.
  • 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

Show all 329 languages
  • 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