seafaring

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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”).

From sea + faring.

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: моряшки (morjaški) — following a life at sea
• Finnish: merenkulkija- — following a life at sea
• Georgian: ზღვაოსანი (zɣvaosani) — following a life at sea
• Ancient Greek: ναυτικός (nautikós) — following a life at sea
• Ancient Greek: ποντόπορος (pontóporos) — following a life at sea
• Latin: permarīnus — following a life at sea
• Manx: marrinagh — following a life at sea
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjøfarende — following a life at sea
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjøfarande — following a life at sea
• Polish: żeglarski — following a life at sea
• Russian: морехо́дный (morexódnyj) — following a life at sea
• Scottish Gaelic: cuantach — following a life at sea
• Bulgarian: мореходен (morehoden) — fit to travel on the sea; seagoing
• Latin: permarīnus — fit to travel on the sea; seagoing
• Polish: dalekomorski — fit to travel on the sea; seagoing
• Georgian: ზღვაოსნობა (zɣvaosnoba) — the act, process, or practice of travelling the seas
• Polish: żegluga — the act, process, or practice of travelling the seas
• Russian: морепла́вание (moreplávanije) — the act, process, or practice of travelling the seas
• Russian: морехо́дство (morexódstvo) — the act, process, or practice of travelling the seas
• Ukrainian: морепла́вання (moreplávannja) — the act, process, or practice of travelling the seas
• Ukrainian: морепла́вство (moreplávstvo) — the act, process, or practice of travelling the seas
• Azerbaijani: dənizçilik — work or calling of a sailor
• Bulgarian: мореплаване (moreplavane) — work or calling of a sailor
• Finnish: merenkulku — work or calling of a sailor
• Georgian: ზღვაოსნობა (zɣvaosnoba) — work or calling of a sailor
• Georgian: მეზღვაურობა (mezɣvauroba) — work or calling of a sailor
• Polish: żegluga — work or calling of a sailor