🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

수돗물

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sudotmul

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tap water/ˈtæp ˌwɔː.tər/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"한국의 수돗물은 엄격하게 관리됩니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Water supplied through a pipe to a tap or faucet, rather than bottled or from a natural source.

    "She filled her glass straight from the kitchen tap water."
  2. 2

    Potable water provided by a municipal water utility for domestic, commercial, and industrial use.

    "Many restaurants now serve iced tap water to customers upon request."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'tap' (from Middle English, meaning a spigot or faucet for drawing liquid) and 'water' (from Old English 'wæter'). Formed in the 19th century with the development of municipal public water supply systems, distinguishing piped water from well or river water.

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