seasick

English

Etymology

From Middle English see seke, equivalent to sea +‎ sick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːsɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːsɪk

Adjective

seasick (comparative more seasick, superlative most seasick)

1. Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea.

Derived terms

• seasickness

Translations

ill due to the motion of a ship at sea

• Bulgarian: страдащ от морска болест (stradašt ot morska bolest)
• Catalan: marejat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晕船的

• Danish: søsyg
• German: seekrank (de)
• Hungarian: tengeribeteg (hu)
• Icelandic: sjóveikur
• Irish: tinneas farraige a bheith ort (to be seasick)
• Latvian: jūrasslims
• Malay: mabuk laut (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjøsyk, sjøsjuk

  Nynorsk: sjøsjuk

• Plautdietsch: seekrank
• Russian: страда́ющий морско́й боле́знью (stradájuščij morskój boléznʹju)
• Sindhi: هانَوَ ڪچو, سمنڊَ بيزار (sd)
• Swedish: sjösjuk (sv), rörelsessjuk
• Volapük: melamalädik
• Welsh: sâl môr

See also

• airsick
• carsick
• motion sickness