Noun
seawater (usually uncountable, plural seawaters)
- The saltwater of a sea or ocean.
Translations
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
- Georgian: ზღვის წყალი (zɣvis c̣q̇ali)
- 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)
- Khmer: ទឹកសមុទ្រ (tœ̆ksâmŭtr), ទឹកប្រៃ (tɨkpray)
- Korean: 해수(海水) (haesu), 바닷물 (ko) (badanmul)
- Malay: air laut (ms)
- Maori: waitai
- Marathi: समुद्रजल n (samudrajal)
- 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, água salgada f
- Russian: морска́я вода́ f (morskája vodá), (salty water) солёная вода́ f (soljónaja vodá)
- Southern Altai: теҥис суу (teŋis suu)
- Spanish: agua salada f
- Swedish: havsvatten (sv) n
- Tagalog: tubig-dagat, labuklabok
- Thai: น้ำทะเล (th), น้ำเค็ม (th) (nám-kem)
- Tok Pisin: solwara
- Turkish: deniz suyu (tr)
- Vietnamese: nước biển
- Welsh: dŵr y môr (cy)
- Woiwurrung: palem warren
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Adjective
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