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.

Concepten

zeevarend

Synoniemen

nautical

seagoing

maritime

navigation

sailing

water travel

oceangoing

aflat

nautical life

marine

bluewater

naval

navigational

ocean-going

oceanic

sea

🌊

seaborne

Vertalingen

Seefahrt

marinaro

navigation

ابحار

navegació

seefahrend

السفر بالبحْر

seemännisch

seetüchtig

hochseetüchtig

θαλασσοπορών

marine

السفر بحْراً

de mer

إبحار

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: safarinde

Verwant aan Nederlands: zeevarend

Verwant aan Duits: seefahrend

Verwant aan Deens: søfarende

Verwant aan Zweeds: 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”).