Phrase guide

sea monster

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large and aggressive creature of the sea that attacks ships.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any huge marine animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

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Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: seemonster — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Aramaic: ܩܐܛܐ (qēʾṭāʾ) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Old Armenian: ընգղայ (əngłay) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Bengali: কল্পিত জলচর জীব (kolpito jolocor jib) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Catalan: monstre marí — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鯤 /鲲 (kūn) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海怪 (hǎi guài) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水鬼 (shuǐguǐ) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Dutch: zeemonster — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Dutch: zeegedrocht — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Dutch: kraak — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Esperanto: mara monstro — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Esperanto: marmonstro — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Estonian: merekoletis — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Finnish: merihirviö — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Finnish: turso — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • French: monstre marin — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • German: Seeungeheuer — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • German: Meerungeheuer — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Greek: κήτος (kítos) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Ancient Greek: κῆτος (kêtos) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Icelandic: sæskrímsli — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Ido: monstro marala — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Indonesian: monster laut — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Irish: ollphéist mhara — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Old Irish: bled — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Italian: mostro marino — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Japanese: 海の怪物 (umi no kaibutsu) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Japanese: 海坊主 (umibōzu) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Korean: 바다 괴물 (bada goemul) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Latin: cētus — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Latin: cētos — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Latin: pistris — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Latin: mōnstrum marīnum — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Māori: marakihau — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Māori: rātāmoko — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Māori: parata — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Marathi: समुद्री राक्षस (samudrī rākṣas) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjøuhyre — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: havmonster — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjøuhyre — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Portuguese: monstro marinho — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Russian: морско́е чудо́вище (morskóje čudóvišče) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Russian: чу́до-ю́до (čúdo-júdo) — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Serbo-Croatian: морско чу̏довӣште — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Serbo-Croatian: morsko čȕdovīšte — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Spanish: monstruo marino — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Swedish: sjöodjur — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Swedish: havsmonster — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Swedish: havsvidunder — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Tagalog: halimaw ng dagat — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Vietnamese: quái vật biển — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Welsh: morfil — large, aggressive creature in the sea
  • Yiddish: ים־מאָנסטער (yam-monster) — large, aggressive creature in the sea