FromMiddle Englishseewater,se water, fromOld Englishsǣwæter(“seawater”), equivalent tosea +water. Cognate withSaterland FrisianSeewoater(“seawater”),West Frisianseewetter(“seawater”),Dutchzeewater(“seawater”),Icelandicsjóvatn(“seawater”).
seawater (usuallyuncountable,pluralseawaters)
- Thesaltwater of asea orocean.
salt water of a sea or ocean
- Bulgarian:мо́рска вода́ f(mórska vodá)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:海水 (zh)(hǎishuǐ)
- Danish:havvand (da) n
- Dutch:zeewater (nl) n
- Finnish:merivesi (fi)
- French:eau de mer (fr) f
- Galician:auga salgada (gl) f,salsa (gl) f
- Georgian:ზღვის წყალი(zɣvis c̣q̇ali)
- German:Meerwasser (de) n,Salzwasser (de) n
- Greek:
- Ancient:ὕδωρθαλάσσιον n(húdōr thalássion)
- Hebrew:מֵי יָם (he) m pl(mey yam)
- Hungarian:tengervíz (hu)
- Irish:sáile m
- Japanese:海水 (ja)(かいすい, kaisui)
- Kapampangan:danumdayat
- Kazakh:теңіз суы(teñız suy)
- Khmer:ទឹកសមុទ្រ(tœ̆ksâmŭtr),ទឹកប្រៃ(tɨkpray)
- Korean:해수(海水)(haesu),바닷물 (ko)(badanmul)
- Malay:air laut (ms)
- Maori:waitai
- Marathi:समुद्रजल n(samudrajal)
- Ngazidja Comorian:fumbu class5/6
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:havvann (no) n,sjøvann (no) n,sjøvatn n
- Nynorsk:havvatn n,sjøvatn n
- Portuguese:água do mar f,água salgada f
- Russian:морска́я вода́ f(morskája vodá),(salty water)солёная вода́ f(soljónaja vodá)
- Southern Altai:теҥис суу(teŋis suu)
- Spanish:agua salada f
- Swedish:havsvatten (sv) n
- Tagalog:tubig-dagat,labuklabok
- Thai:น้ำทะเล (th),น้ำเค็ม (th)(nám-kem)
- Tok Pisin:solwara
- Turkish:deniz suyu (tr)
- Vietnamese:nước biển
- Welsh:dŵr y môr (cy)
- Woiwurrung:palem warren
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seawater (notcomparable)
- (not comparable) Consisting of seawater.
- The continualseawatersplashes corroded our equipment
- (not comparable) Associated in some way with seawater, or intended for dealing with seawater.
- Thesharks in theaquarium had to be kept in aseawater tank
- Aboard the ship we neededseawater soap for washing our clothes
- Though it was a nuisance to arrange them, we found theseawater showers very refreshing
