transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈes-chə-ˌwer-ē, ˈesh- ]
noun
( plural -ar·ies )
Etymology: Latin aestuarium, from aestus boiling, tide; akin to Latin aestas summer — more at edify
Date: 1538
: a water passage where the tide meets a river current ; especially : an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river