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English

Etymology

From Middle English see, from Old English s? (“sea, lake”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (compare West Frisian see, Dutch zee, German See, Danish sø, Norwegian Bokmål sjø, Swedish sjö), probably either from Proto-Indo-European *sh?ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”) (compare Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian B saiwe (“itch”), Latvian sievs, s?vs (“sharp, biting”); more at sore) or derived from *s?hwan? (“to percolate, filter”), in which case *saiwiz is from earlier *saigwiz, Pre-Germanic *soyk?-ís.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?, IPA^(key): /si?/

• Rhymes: -i?
• Homophones: C, cee, see

• (obsolete) enPR: s?, IPA^(key): /se?/

Noun

sea (plural seas)

1. A large body of salt water.

   Synonym: (UK, nautical and navy) ogin

   1. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
   2. A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.

2. A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.

3. The swell of the sea; a single wave; billow.
   • 2020 June 8, National Weather Service Boston, 2:38 PM EDT marine forecast

     High pressure will maintain light winds and flat seas through Tue night. ... Potential for briefly choppy 3 ft seas near South Coast...

4. (attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.

5. (figuratively) Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea.
6. (physics) A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
7. (planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.

8. (planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ocean

References

Further reading

• sea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sea in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sea in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• -ase, AES, ASE, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, a**es, aes, ase, eas, esa

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German s?, from Old High German s?o, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with German See, English sea.

Noun

sea m

1. (Luserna) lake

References

• “sea” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Estonian

Noun

sea

1. genitive singular of siga

Garo

Verb

sea

1. to write

Derived terms

• segipa

Irish

Alternative forms

• seadh (superseded)

Etymology

is + ea (literally, "it is")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a/

Adverb

sea

1. yes (to copula questions)
2. right, well (topic introducer)

Usage notes

This is a contraction of an affirmative response to a question, and is found in response to questions where the key verb is is or a present tense form thereof:

Q: An féidir leat cuidiú liom? — "Can you help me?" (literally, "Possible for you to help me?")

A: Sea. — "Yes."

Informally it may also be found as the answer to a question with a main verb, though this is considered incorrect. The standard response to such a question is to repeat the verb:

Q: Ar chuala tú mé? — "Did you hear me?"

A: Chuala. — "Yes" (literally, "Heard") or informally Sea.

Antonyms

• ní hea
• nach ea

Middle English

Noun

sea

1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German s?, from Old High German s?o, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with German See, English sea.

Noun

sea m

1. lake

References

• “sea” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Old Irish

Determiner

sea

1. Alternative spelling of so

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• s?a

Etymology

From Old Norse séa (West Norse sjá), from Proto-Germanic *sehwan?.

Verb

s?a

1. to see

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: se, sia

Plautdietsch

Adverb

sea

1. very, intensely

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sea/, [?se.a]

Verb

sea

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ser.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ser.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of ser.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of ser.

See also

• maldita sea
• o sea

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *s?j?m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sea/

Noun

sea

1. ant

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?nt?n?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?nt?n?nt/, /?k?nt?n?nt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin contin?ntem, noun use of present participle of contin?re (“to contain”).

Noun

continent (plural continents)

1. Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.
2. (obsolete in general sense) A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.
3. (obsolete) Land (as opposed to the water).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:

     The carkas with the streame was carried downe, / But th'head fell backeward on the continent.

Hyponyms

• Africa
• America
• Antarctica
• Asia
• Australia
• Europe
• Eurasia
• Gondwana
• Laurasia
• North America
• Oceania
• Pangaea
• South America

Derived terms

• the Continent
• continental
• supercontinent

Translations

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America ^{(Category: en:Continents)}

Etymology 2

From Middle English contynent, from Old French continent, from Latin continentem (“continuous; holding together”), present participle of contin?re (“to contain”).

Adjective

continent (comparative more continent, superlative most continent)

1. Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex, urination and/or defecation.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 119:

     A celibate himself, he was of the opinion that marriage was something of a concession to human frailty, to save from fornication those who could not be continent, so it was better to marry than to burn with lust.

2. Not interrupted; connected; continuous.
   • 1843, John McIntosh, The Origin of the North American Indians

     The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disjoined by sea of all that coast.

3. (obsolete) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Antonyms

• incontinent

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin contin?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon.ti?nent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun.ti?nen/

Noun

continent m (plural continents)

1. continent

Related terms

• continental

See also

• (continents) continent; Àfrica,? Amèrica,? Antàrtida,? Àsia,? Oceania,? Europa/?Nord-amèrica,? Amèrica del Nord/?Sud-amèrica,? Amèrica del Sud ^{(Category: ca:Continents) [edit]}

Further reading

• “continent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “continent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “continent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “continent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.ti?n?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?ti?nent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French continent, from Latin contin?ns.

Noun

continent n (plural continenten)

1. continent (landmass)

Synonyms

• werelddeel

Derived terms

• subcontinent

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: kontinen

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin contin?ns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

continent (not comparable)

1. (chiefly medicine) continent
2. (obsolete) continent, morally restrained

Inflection

Related terms

• incontinent

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continens, continentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ti.n??/

Noun

continent m (plural continents)

1. continent

Derived terms

• continental
• sous-continent

Related terms

• contenir

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: kontinan
• Haitian Creole: kontinan
• ? Romanian: continent

Further reading

• “continent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

continent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of contine?

Middle French

Adjective

continent m (feminine singular continente, masculine plural continens, feminine plural continentes)

1. continent (exercising restraint)

   Antonym: incontinent

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin contin?ns.

Noun

continent m (plural continents)

1. continent

Related terms

• continental

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continens and/or from French continent.

Noun

continent n (plural continente)

1. continent

Declension

Related terms

• continental
• con?ine