Le mot anglais du jour

sea

mer

Définitions

anglais > français
sea
1. n. Mer.
2. n. (Figuré) Mare.
sea of blood, sea of money
3. n. Parage.
The old sea captain was especially familiar with the treacherous seas long the coast.
anglais > anglais
sea
1. n. A large body of salt water.
2. n. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
3. n. A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.
4. n. A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
5. n. The swell of the sea; a single wave; billow.
6. n. (attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.
7. n. (figurative) Anything resembling the vastness of the sea.
8. n. (planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
The Apollo 11 mission landed in the Sea of Tranquility.
9. n. (planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
français > anglais
mer
1. n-f. sea (large body of water)
2. n-f. (used with the definite article) the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)