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

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Audio (US):

  (file)

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 Georgian: ზღვის წყალი (zɣvis c̣q̇ali) 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) 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 class 5/6 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)

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

Anagrams

• teawares