sewerage

English

Etymology

sewer +‎ -age

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsuːə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

sewerage (countable and uncountable, plural sewerages)

A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
Misspelling of sewage.
- 2010, India Today 5 Apr 17
  About 3.6 billion tonnes of untreated sewerage flows daily into the Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of Delhi's water.

Translations

sewer system

Belarusian: каналіза́цыя f (kanalizácyja)
Bulgarian: канализа́ция (bg) f (kanalizácija)
Catalan: clavegueram (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 下水道 (zh) (xiàshuǐdào)
Czech: kanalizace (cs) f
Dutch: riolering (nl)
Finnish: viemäröinti (fi)
French: assainissement (fr) m
German: Kanalisation (de) f, Abwassersystem (de) n
Japanese: 下水 (ja) (げすい, gesui), 下水道 (ja) (げすいどう, gesuidō)
Korean: 하수도 (ko) (hasudo)
Russian: канализа́ция (ru) f (kanalizácija)
Spanish: alcantarillado (es) m
Swedish: avloppssystem (sv) n
Ukrainian: каналіза́ція (uk) f (kanalizácija)

sewage — see sewage

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