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seashore

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: sēʹshô
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiːʃɔː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: sēʹshôr
  • General-American: /ˈsiːʃoɹ/
  • sēʹshōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ˈsiːʃo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ˈsiːʃoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • CMU ARPABET: S IY1 SH AO2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.

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

The foreshore, the strip of land between low water and high water.

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

the shore of a sea or ocean

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coast, seacoast, sea-coast

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shore

Narrower terms: littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands, landfall, seaside, seaboard, tideland, Barbary Coast, Aeolis, Aeolia, Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast, Pacific Coast

History

Etymology

From sea + shore.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَاحِل (sāḥil) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Arabic: شَاطِئ (šāṭiʔ) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Armenian: ծովափ (covapʻ) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Armenian: ծովեզերք (covezerkʻ) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Eastern Bontoc: penget chi fiayfiay — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Eastern Bontoc: olet chi fiayfiay — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Bulgarian: крайбрежие (krajbrežie) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海岸 (hǎi'àn) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海濱 /海滨 (hǎibīn) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Cornish: treth — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Faroese: strond — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Finnish: merenranta — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Finnish: rannikko — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • French: rivage — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • French: rive — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • French: bord de mer — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Galician: beiramar — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Georgian: სანაპირო (sanaṗiro) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Georgian: ზღვის სანაპირო (zɣvis sanaṗiro) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • German: Meeresküste — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • German: Seeküste — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • German: Küste — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • German: Meeresufer — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • German: Meeresstrand — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Greek: αιγιαλός (aigialós) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Greek: ακτή (aktí) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Greek: παράκτιος (paráktios) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Ancient Greek: παράλιος (parálios) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Haitian Creole: bo lanmè — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Hungarian: tengerpart — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Ilocano: igid ti baybay — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Ingrian: merenranta — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Interlingua: costa — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Interlingua: litore — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Japanese: 海岸 (kaigan) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Japanese: 海浜 (kaihin) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Southern Kalinga: tarantag — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Korean: 바닷가 (badatga) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Korean: 해변 (haebyeon) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Korean: 해안 (haean) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Latin: lītus — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Latin: acta — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Latvian: jūrmala — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Maguindanao: dedsaan — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Malay: tepi pantai — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Malayalam: കടൽത്തീരം (kaṭalttīraṁ) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Māori: tahatai — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Māori: tātahi — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Maranao: iratan — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Minangkabau: pasisia — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Southern Ohlone: kaw — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Old English: sǣrima — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Portuguese: beira-mar — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Russian: побере́жье (poberéžʹje) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Russian: примо́рье (primórʹje) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Russian: бе́рег мо́ря (béreg mórja) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Inari-Sami: merâriddo — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Slovene: morska obala — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Slovene: plaža — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Spanish: litoral — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Spanish: costa — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Swedish: havskust — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Tagalog: dalampasigan — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Tagalog: baybayin — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Tagalog: tabing-dagat — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Telugu: సముద్రతీరము (samudratīramu) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Turkish: deniz kıyısı — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Ukrainian: берег моря (bereh morja) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Ukrainian: морське́ побере́жжя (morsʹké poberéžžja) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Ukrainian: морське́ узбере́жжя (morsʹké uzberéžžja) — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Unami: shawihikàn — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
  • Vietnamese: bờ biển — the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
Real reading context

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