seagoing

English

Alternative forms

• sea-going

Etymology

sea +‎ going

Adjective

seagoing (not comparable)

1. Travelling out to sea.

   a seagoing seal

2. Made for, or used on the high seas.
3. Fit for sailing on the high seas.
   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1:

     "Lord! They don't call that a sea-going craft, I hope!'

Synonyms

• seafaring

Related terms

• ocean-going (sense 2)
• seaworthy (sense 3)

Translations

made for or used on the high seas

• Danish: havgående, søgående
• Finnish: avomeri- (fi)
• German: seetüchtig (de)
• Latin: permarīnus
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjøgående, havgående

  Nynorsk: sjøgåande, havgåande

• Russian: морехо́дный (ru) (morexódnyj), морско́й (ru) (morskój)
• Swedish: sjögående

fit for the high seas

• Finnish: merikelpoinen
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• German: seetüchtig (de)
• Latin: permarīnus