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
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/ˈsiːfuːd/
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CMU ARPABET:S IY1 F UW2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fruit of the sea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: food, material, stuff
2
noun
Meaning 2
Food from any aquatic source, including not only salt water but also fresh water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually
Examples
For quotations using this term, see Citations:seafood.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree English sea Proto-Indo-European *peh2-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food English seafood From sea + food.
Across languages
Translations
87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
seekos
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Arabic:
مَأْكُولَات بَحْرِيَّة
(maʔkūlāt baḥriyya)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Arabic:
طَعَام الْبَحْر
(ṭaʕām al-baḥr)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Asturian:
mariscu
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Asturian:
pexe de cascu
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Breton:
boued-mor
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Breton:
boued-aod
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Bulgarian:
морски дарове
(morski darove)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Cantonese:
海鮮 /海鲜
(hoi2 sin1)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Mandarin:
海鮮 /海鲜
(hǎixiān)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Mandarin:
海產食品 /海产食品
(hǎichǎn shípǐn)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Mandarin:
魚鮮 /鱼鲜
(yúxiān)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Mandarin:
海味
(hǎiwèi)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Mandarin:
河鮮 /河鲜
(héxiān)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Mandarin:
湖鮮 /湖鲜
(húxiān)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Mandarin:
水產 /水产
(shuǐchǎn)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Czech:
dary moře
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Czech:
mořské plody
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Czech:
plody moře
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Dutch:
zeevruchten
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Dutch:
zeebanket
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Esperanto:
marfruktoj
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Faroese:
sjógæti
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Finnish:
merenantimet
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Finnish:
merenelävät
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Finnish:
meren vilja
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Finnish:
meriruoka
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Finnish:
kalaruoka
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
French:
fruits de mer
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Galician:
marisco
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Galician:
froito de mar
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Georgian:
ზღვის პროდუქტები
(zɣvis ṗrodukṭebi)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
German:
Meeresfrüchte
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
German:
Meeresfrucht
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Greek:
θαλασσινά
(thalassiná)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Hebrew:
פֵּירוֹת יָם
(perót yam)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Hindi:
समुद्री खाद्य
(samudrī khādya)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Hungarian:
tenger gyümölcsei
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Hungarian:
tengeri hal/rák/kagyló
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Hungarian:
halászati termékek
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Indonesian:
boga bahari
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Indonesian:
makanan laut
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Irish:
bia mara
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Italian:
frutti di mare
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Italian:
frutto di mare
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Japanese:
シーフード
(shīfūdo)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Japanese:
海鮮
(kaisen)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Japanese:
魚介類
(gyokairui)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Japanese:
海産物
(kaisanbutsu)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Japanese:
海産食品
(kaisan-shokuhin)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Kapampangan:
pamangan lawut
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Kapampangan:
pamangan dayat
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Kapampangan:
asan danum
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Khmer:
គ្រឿងសមុទ្រ
(kreuangsâmŭtr)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Korean:
해산물
(haesanmul)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Korean:
해물
(haemul)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Lao:
ອາຫານທະເລ
(ʼā hān tha lē)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Macedonian:
морски плодови
(morski plodovi)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Malay:
makanan laut
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Māori:
kaimoana
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Māori:
mātaitai
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Mongolian:
далайн хоол
(dalajn xool)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Classical Nahuatl:
ātlān chānehqueh
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Norwegian:
sjømat
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Pannonian Rusyn:
морски плоди
(morski plodi)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Polish:
owoce morza
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Polish:
frutti di mare
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Portuguese:
fruto do mar
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Portuguese:
marisco
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Portuguese:
frutos do mar
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Romanian:
fructe de mare
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Russian:
морепроду́кты
(moreprodúkty)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Serbo-Croatian:
morski plodovi
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Sotho:
dijo tsa lewatle
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Spanish:
marisco
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Swahili:
chakula cha baharini
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Swedish:
fisk och skaldjur
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Tagalog:
lamandagat
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Tagalog:
pagkaing-dagat
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Thai:
อาหารทะเล
(aa-hǎan-tá-lee)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Turkish:
deniz ürünü
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Turkish:
deniz ürünleri
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Vietnamese:
hải sản
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Vietnamese:
đồ biển
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Welsh:
bwyd môr
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Yiddish:
פֿיליערוואַרג
(filyervarg)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Yiddish:
ים־פֿרוכט
(yam-frukht)
— fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
