seawater

See also: sea water

English edit

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”).

seawater (usually uncountable, plural seawaters)

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
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)
Korean: 해수 (haesu), 바닷물 (ko) (badanmul)
Malay: air laut (ms)
Maori: waitai
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
Russian: морска́я вода́ f (morskája vodá), (salty water) солёная вода́ f (soljónaja vodá)
Spanish: agua salada f
Swedish: havsvatten (sv) n
Tagalog: tubig-dagat, labuklabok
Tok Pisin: solwara
Turkish: deniz suyu (tr)
Vietnamese: nước biển
Welsh: dŵr y môr (cy)

seawater (not comparable)

(not comparable) Consisting of seawater.
The continual seawater splashes corroded our equipment
(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