aqua

Questions about aqua

What does aqua mean?

aqua means "a shade of blue tinged with green".

How many syllables are in aqua?

aqua has 2 syllables: aq-ua. The stress falls on "aq". In IPA it is /ˈækwə/.

What is another word for aqua?

Close synonyms include greenish blue, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aqua a common word?

aqua is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.