seaworthy

See also: sea-worthy

English

Alternative forms

• sea-worthy

Etymology

Etymology tree

English sea

English -worthy

English seaworthy

From sea + -worthy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːwɜːði/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːwɝði/

• Audio (US):

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• enPR: sēˈ -wə(r)-thē

Adjective

seaworthy (comparative seaworthier, superlative seaworthiest)

1. (nautical) Fit for service at sea.
   • 1922, James A. Cooper, Sheila of Big Wreck Cove:

     Yet everybody knows that a cargo properly stowed in a seaworthy craft reaches market in much the better condition than by rail, though perhaps it is some hours longer on the way.

Antonyms

• unseaworthy

Derived terms

• seaworthily
• seaworthiness

Translations

fit for the sea

• Bulgarian: мореходен (morehoden)
• Catalan: mariner (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 適航的 / 适航的 (shìháng de)

• Danish: sødygtig
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: merikelpoinen
• French: en état de navigabilité, en état de naviguer
• Galician: mariñeiro (gl)
• German: seetüchtig (de), seetauglich
• Hebrew: כָּשִׁיר לְשַׁיִט (he) m (kashir leshayit)
• Icelandic: haffær
• Irish: acmhainneach
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: во пловна состојба f (vo plovna sostojba)
• Polish: zdatny do żeglugi
• Russian: морехо́дный (ru) (morexódnyj)
• Spanish: marinero (es) m (boat), apto para navegar, en condiciones para navegar
• Swedish: sjövärdig (sv), sjöduglig (sv)
• Welsh: addas i'r môr

See also

• airworthy
• railworthy
• roadworthy

Anagrams

• otherways