English Online Dictionary. What means sea? What does sea mean?
Translingual
Etymology
Most likely from English Semai
Symbol
sea
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Semai.
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Semai terms
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, itself either:
- Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Related to Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian B saiwe (“itch”), and Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”). More at sore.
- Derived from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-.
Cognate with Danish sø, Dutch zee, German See, Norwegian Bokmål sjø, Swedish sjö, and West Frisian see.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sē, IPA(key): /siː/
- (obsolete) enPR: sā, IPA(key): /seɪ/
- Homophones: C, cee, see
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
sea (plural seas)
- A large body of salt water.
- Synonym: (UK, nautical and navy) ogin
- The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
- A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
- A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
- 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...
- (attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
- (figurative) Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity.
- (physics) A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
- (planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
- (planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
Derived terms
Proper nouns
Common nouns
Translations
See also
- ocean
See also
- Sea-Tac
References
Further reading
- sea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “sea”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sea”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
- -ase, AES, ASE, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, a**es, aes, ase, eas, esa
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German sē, from Old High German sēo, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with German See, English sea.
Noun
sea m
- (Luserna) lake
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Estonian
Noun
sea
- genitive singular of siga
Garo
Verb
sea
- to write
Derived terms
- segipa
Irish
Alternative forms
- seadh (superseded)
Etymology
is + ea (literally, "it is")
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa/
Adverb
sea
- yes (to copula questions)
- 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
- Alternative form of see (“sea”)
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German sē, from Old High German sēo, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with German See, English sea.
Noun
sea m
- 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
- Alternative spelling of so
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- sīa
Etymology
From Old Norse séa (West Norse sjá), from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.
Verb
sēa
- to see
Conjugation
Descendants
- Swedish: se, sia
Plautdietsch
Adverb
sea
- very, intensely
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsea/ [ˈse.a]
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: se‧a
Verb
sea
- inflection of ser:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
See also
- así sea
- aunque sea
- maldita sea
- o sea
Tongan
Etymology
Borrowed from English chair.
Noun
sea
- chair
Wolio
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səjəm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sea/
Noun
sea
- ant
References
- Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris