different between sea vs seafaring

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea +? faring (“travelling; journeying; going”). Compare Old English s?-l?þende (“seafaring”). Cognate with Dutch zeevarend (“seafaring”), German Low German seefahrend (“seafaring”),German seefahrend (“seafaring”), Danish søfarende (“seafaring”), Swedish sjöfarande (“seafaring”).

Adjective

seafaring (comparative more seafaring, superlative most seafaring)

1. Living one's life at sea.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV

     There was absolutely nothing about the body to suggest that it might possibly in life have known a maritime experience. It was the body of a low type of man or a high type of beast. In neither instance would it have been of a seafaring race. Therefore I deduced that it was native to Caprona--that it lived inland, and that it had fallen or been hurled from the cliffs above.

2. Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing.
   • A rowing boat is not a seafaring craft.

Translations

Etymology 2

From sea +? faring.

Noun

seafaring (plural seafarings)

1. The act, process, or practice of travelling the seas
2. The work, or calling of a sailor.

Translations