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seaworthy

adj · 2 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: /ˈsiːwɜːði/
  • General-American: /ˈsiːwɝði/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • sēˈ -wə(r)-thē
  • CMU ARPABET: S IY1 W AO2 R DH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Fit for service at sea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

fit for a sea voyage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unseaworthy

History

Etymology

From sea + -worthy.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мореходен (morehoden) — fit for the sea
  • Catalan: mariner — fit for the sea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 適航的 /适航的 (shìháng de) — fit for the sea
  • Danish: sødygtig — fit for the sea
  • Finnish: merikelpoinen — fit for the sea
  • French: en état de navigabilité — fit for the sea
  • French: en état de naviguer — fit for the sea
  • Galician: mariñeiro — fit for the sea
  • German: seetüchtig — fit for the sea
  • German: seetauglich — fit for the sea
  • Hebrew: כָּשִׁיר לְשַׁיִט (kashir leshayit) — fit for the sea
  • Icelandic: haffær — fit for the sea
  • Irish: acmhainneach — fit for the sea
  • Macedonian: во пловна состојба (vo plovna sostojba) — fit for the sea
  • Polish: zdatny do żeglugi — fit for the sea
  • Russian: морехо́дный (morexódnyj) — fit for the sea
  • Spanish: marinero — fit for the sea
  • Spanish: apto para navegar — fit for the sea
  • Spanish: en condiciones para navegar — fit for the sea
  • Swedish: sjövärdig — fit for the sea
  • Swedish: sjöduglig — fit for the sea
  • Welsh: addas i'r môr — fit for the sea
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