seafaring

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Living one's life at sea.
2. Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing.

Noun

1. The act, process, or practice of travelling the seas, such as by sailing or steaming.
2. The work or calling of a seafarer, especially a sailor.

Sinonieme

nautical

seagoing

maritime

navigation

sailing

water travel

oceangoing

aflat

nautical life

marine

bluewater

naval

navigational

ocean-going

oceanic

sea

🌊

seaborne

Vertalings

marinaro

Seefahrt

zeevarend

navigation

navegació

seefahrend

ابحار

seetüchtig

السفر بالبحْر

hochseetüchtig

θαλασσοπορών

marine

seemännisch

de mer

السفر بحْراً

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: safarinde

Verwante met Nederlands: zeevarend

Verwante met Duits: seefahrend

Verwante met Deens: søfarende

Verwante met Sweeds: sjöfarande

In summary

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