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marine
English
Etymology
Recorded since c.1420, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m???i?n/
- Hyphenation: ma?rine
- Rhymes: -i?n
Adjective
marine (comparative more marine, superlative most marine)
- Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
- Relating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
- Used or adapted for use at sea.
- (zoology) Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
- (obsolete) Belonging to or situated at the seaside; maritime.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
marine (plural marines)
- (military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship
- He was a marine in World War II.
- (capitalised in the plural): A marine corps.
- He fought with the Marines in World War II.
- A painting representing some marine subject.
Synonyms
- devil dog
- jarhead
- leatherneck
Translations
See also
- Marine
- Marine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Marines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “marine”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume III (Hoop–O), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371, page 3630.
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Marine”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, pages 163–4.
Anagrams
- Amrine, Armine, Mainer, Marnie, Merina, Minear, Reiman, Rieman, airmen, mainer, remain
Dutch
Etymology
French marine, from Latin marinus, derived from mare (“sea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma??ri.n?/
- Hyphenation: ma?ri?ne
- Rhymes: -in?
Noun
marine f (plural marines, diminutive marinetje n)
- (navigation) A navy
- (military) An armed navy (naval branch of armed forces)
Synonyms
- (military) zeemacht
Derived terms
- marineblauw
- marine-infanterie
- marineschip
Related terms
- marinier
Anagrams
- manier
French
Etymology
From marin, from Latin mar?nus, derived from mare (“sea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.?in/
Adjective
marine
- feminine singular of marin
Noun
marine f (plural marines)
- navy
Derived terms
Noun
marine m (plural marines)
- Marine (member of the United States Marine Corps)
Verb
marine
- inflection of mariner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular present imperative
Further reading
- “marine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- animer, manier, minera, ranime, ranimé
Italian
Adjective
marine f
- feminine plural of marina
Noun
marine f
- plural of marina
Anagrams
- armeni
- minare
- minerà
- rimane
Japanese
Romanization
marine
- R?maji transcription of ???
Latin
Adjective
mar?ne
- vocative masculine singular of mar?nus
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
marine
- definite singular of marin
- plural of marin
Etymology 2
From French marine
Noun
marine m (definite singular marinen, indefinite plural mariner, definite plural marinene)
- a navy
Derived terms
- marinebase
- marineblå
- marinefartøy
References
- “marine” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Adjective
marine
- definite singular of marin
- plural of marin
Etymology 2
From French marine
Noun
marine m (definite singular marinen, indefinite plural marinar, definite plural marinane)
- a navy
Derived terms
- marinebase
- marineblå
- marinefartøy
References
- “marine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Verb
marine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of marinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of marinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of marinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of marinar
Spanish
Verb
marine
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of marinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of marinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of marinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of marinar.
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- what marines do
- what marine biologist do
- what marine base is in california
- what marines say
- what marine animal am i
- what marine animals are endangered
- what marine base is in south carolina
shipworm
English
Etymology
ship +? worm
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???pw??(?)m/
Noun
shipworm (plural shipworms)
- Any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae, that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water.
- 1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea,
- Old spars and water-soaked timbers cast on the beach are full of the workings of the shipworm—long cylindrical tunnels penetrating all parts of the wood.
- 2002, Erkki Leppäkoski, Stephan Gollasch, Sergej Olenin, Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe: Distribution, Impacts, and Management,
- Even though mankind has tried to develop counter measures for thousands of years, still there is no easy solution to the shipworm problem in sight.
- 1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea,
Hyponyms
- (molluscs in Teredinidae): Kuphus polythalamia (giant tube worm)
Translations
Further reading
- Shipworms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Teredinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Teredinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “shipworm”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
shipworm From the web:
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