seawater

See also: sea water

English

Alternative forms

• sea water

Etymology

From Middle English seewater, se water, from Old English sǣwæter (“seawater”), equivalent to sea +‎ water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seewoater (“seawater”), West Frisian seewetter (“seawater”), Dutch zeewater (“seawater”), Icelandic sjóvatn (“seawater”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

seawater (usually uncountable, plural seawaters)

1. The saltwater of a sea or ocean.

Hypernyms

• water

Translations

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
• German: Meerwasser (de) n, Salzwasser (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὕδωρ θαλάσσιον 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)
• Korean: 해수 (haesu), 바닷물 (ko) (badanmul)
• Malay: air laut (ms)
• Maori: waitai
• Ngazidja Comorian: fumbu class 5/6
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: havvann (no) n, sjøvann (no) n, sjøvatn n

  Nynorsk: havvatn n, sjøvatn n

• Portuguese: água do mar f
• Russian: морска́я вода́ f (morskája vodá), (salty water) солёная вода́ f (soljónaja vodá)
• Spanish: agua salada f
• Swedish: havsvatten (sv) n
• Tagalog: tubig-dagat, labuklabok
• Tok Pisin: solwara
• Turkish: deniz suyu (tr)
• Vietnamese: nước biển
• Welsh: dŵr y môr (cy)

Adjective

seawater (not comparable)

1. (not comparable) Consisting of seawater.

   The continual seawater splashes corroded our equipment

2. (not comparable) Associated in some way with seawater, or intended for dealing with seawater.

   The sharks in the aquarium had to be kept in a seawater tank

   Aboard the ship we needed seawater soap for washing our clothes

   Though it was a nuisance to arrange them, we found the seawater showers very refreshing

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• teawares