neritic

English

Etymology

From or Ancient Greek Νηρίτης (Nērítēs, “minor sea god”) or nerite +‎ -ic.

Adjective

neritic (not comparable)

1. Describing a marine environment of shallow waters
   • 2003, Donald R. Prothero, From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition:

     Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids.

Synonyms

• sublittoral

Translations

Translations

• French: néritique (fr) m or f
• German: neritisch (de)
• Italian: neritico
• Polish: nerytyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: nerítico
• Romanian: neritic (ro)
• Spanish: nerítico

Anagrams

• Citrine, citiner, citrine, crinite, inciter, retinic, tricine

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French néritique.

Adjective

neritic m or n (feminine singular neritică, masculine plural neritici, feminine and neuter plural neritice)

1. neritic

Declension

Declension of neritic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	neritic		neritică	neritici	neritice
	definite	neriticul		neritica	neriticii	neriticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	neritic		neritice	neritici	neritice
	definite	neriticului		neriticei	neriticilor	neriticelor