off-shore

See also: offshore

English

Adjective

off-shore (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of offshore.
   • 2023 May 31, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Electrification at heart of Irish expansion plan”, in RAIL, number 984, page 13:

     With IE on the road to decarbonising rail services, chiefly by electrification, Hendrick revealed that the company was looking to develop its facilities at Rosslare Europort to deliver off-shore renewable energy. "Off-shore wind is our oil," he noted.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

off-shore (invariable)

1. alternative form of offshore

Further reading

• “off-shore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English off-shore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ofˈʃoɾ/ [ofˈʃor]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: off‧shore

Adjective

off-shore (invariable)

1. alternative spelling of offshore

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “off-shore”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]