seaworthy

See also: sea-worthy

English

Alternative forms

• sea-worthy

Etymology

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. 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: sprawny (pl), 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
• roadworthy

Anagrams

• otherways