Phrase guide

sea breeze

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A breeze that blows off the sea on to the nearby land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cocktail of vodka with cranberry and grapefruit juices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: seebries — wind from the sea
  • Catalan: brisa de mar — wind from the sea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海風 /海风 (hǎifēng) — wind from the sea
  • Dutch: zeebries — wind from the sea
  • Finnish: merituuli — wind from the sea
  • Galician: vento mareiro — wind from the sea
  • Greek: μπάτης (bátis) — wind from the sea
  • Greek: θαλάσσια αύρα (thalássia ávra) — wind from the sea
  • Indonesian: angin laut — wind from the sea
  • Korean: 바닷바람 (badatbaram) — wind from the sea
  • Korean: 바다바람 (badabaram) — wind from the sea
  • Malay: bayu laut — wind from the sea
  • Māori: muritai — wind from the sea
  • Māori: tāwaho — wind from the sea
  • Marathi: समुद्रवारा (samudravārā) — wind from the sea
  • Marathi: खारा वारा (khārā vārā) — wind from the sea
  • Marathi: सागरी वारा (sāgrī vārā) — wind from the sea
  • Polish: bryza — wind from the sea
  • Swahili: upepo wa bahari — wind from the sea
  • Turkish: deniz meltemi — wind from the sea