open sea

English

Etymology

From Middle English open see, open se, equivalent to open +‎ sea.

Noun

open sea (countable and uncountable, plural open seas)

1. That part of the sea out of sight of land.

   Synonym: open ocean

2. A sea open to all nations, i.e. not a mare clausum.

Translations

part of the sea

• Crimean Tatar: açıq deñiz
• Dutch: open zee f, volle zee f
• Finnish: avomeri (fi), aava (fi), aava meri, selkämeri, ulappa (fi), ulkomeri
• French: haute mer (fr) f, large (fr) m
• Galician: altura (gl) f
• Hebrew: הַיָּם הַפָּתוּחַ (he) m (hayam hapatuakh)
• Ingrian: avonain meri
• Irish: mórmhuir f
• Italian: alto mare m
• Japanese: 沖 (ja) (oki)
• Maori: moana waiwai, tahora, moana tuauriuri
• Norman: plieine mé f (Jersey), large m (Jersey)
• Old English: ūtermere m
• Portuguese: alto mar, mar aberto
• Russian: откры́тое мо́ре (ru) n (otkrýtoje móre)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пу̀чина f

  Roman: pùčina (sh) f

• Southern Altai: ачык талай (ačïk talay), ачык теҥис (ačïk teŋis)
• Spanish: alta mar (es) f, mar ancha f, piélago (es) m
• Swedish: öppet hav

See also

• open water