maritime
Contents
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Adjective
1.3.1 Derived terms
1.3.2 Related terms
1.3.3 Translations
2 French
2.1 Etymology
2.2 Adjective
2.2.1 Related terms
2.3 Further reading
2.4 Anagrams
3 German
3.1 Adjective
4 Latin
4.1 Adjective
5 Middle French
5.1 Etymology
5.2 Adjective
5.2.1 Descendants
6 Norwegian Bokmål
6.1 Adjective
7 Norwegian Nynorsk
7.1 Adjective
8 Swedish
8.1 Adjective
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/
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Adjective
maritime (comparative more maritime, superlative most maritime)
- Related to the sea or sailing.
- I enjoy maritime activities such as yachting and deep sea diving.
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:- “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable. […] Steerage is like everything else maritime […] vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
- Bordering on the sea.
- the maritime states.
- Living near or in the sea.
- maritime animals.
- Of or relating to a mariner or sailor.
Derived terms
- Maritime Alps
- maritime earwig
Maritime Provinces- Maritimes
Related terms
- marina
- marinara
- marinate
- marine
- mariner
Translations
relating to the sea
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bordering on the sea
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French
Etymology
From Middle French maritime, borrowed from Latin maritimus (“of the sea”), from mare (“sea”). Doublet of Maremme.
Adjective
maritime (plural maritimes)
- maritime
Related terms
- marin
- mer
Further reading
- “maritime” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- mimerait
German
Adjective
maritime
- inflected form of maritim
Latin
Adjective
maritime
- vocative masculine singular of maritimus
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin maritimus.
Adjective
maritime m, f (plural maritimes)
maritime (bordering the sea)
1587, François de La Noue, F. E. Sutcliffe, Discours politiques et militaires ...:Nouvellement recueillis & mis en lumiere (in Middle French), page 829-830:
Ceste-ci n'est pas si grande ni si plaisante que l'autre : elle a pourtant d'autres choses qui recompensent bien ces defauts, dont la principale est la situatió maritime.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Descendants
- English: maritime
- French: maritime
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
maritime
- definite singular of maritim
- plural form of maritim
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
maritime
- definite singular of maritim
- plural form of maritim
Swedish
Adjective
maritime
- absolute definite natural masculine form of maritim.