seashore

English

Alternative forms

sea-shore (archaic)

Etymology

sea +‎ shore

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: sēʹshô, IPA^(key): /ˈsiːʃɔː/
(General American) enPR: sēʹshôr, IPA^(key): /ˈsiːʃɔɹ/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: sēʹshōr, IPA^(key): /ˈsiːʃo(ː)ɹ/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːʃoə/

Noun

seashore (plural seashores)

The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.
The foreshore, the strip of land between low water and high water.

Synonyms

(land bordering the sea): seacoast, sea marge
(strip between high and low water marks): foreshore, intertidal zone, littoral

Hypernyms

(land bordering the sea): shore, coast, strand

Translations

the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean

Arabic: سَاحِل (ar) m (sāḥil), شَاطِئ (ar) m (šāṭiʔ)
Armenian: ծովափ (hy) (covapʻ), ծովեզերք (hy) (covezerkʻ)
Bulgarian: крайбрежие (bg) n (krajbrežie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海岸 (zh) (hǎi'àn), 海濱／海滨 (zh) (hǎibīn)
Cornish: treth m
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Eastern Bontoc: penget chi fiayfiay, olet chi fiayfiay
Faroese: strond f
Finnish: merenranta, rannikko (fi)
French: rivage (fr) m, rive (fr) f, bord de mer m
Galician: beiramar f
Georgian: სანაპირო (sanaṗiro), ზღვის სანაპირო (zɣvis sanaṗiro)
German: Meeresküste (de) f, Seeküste f, Küste (de) f, Meeresufer (de) n, Meeresstrand (de) m
Greek: αιγιαλός (el) m (aigialós), ακτή (el) f (aktí), παράκτιος (el) m (paráktios)
Ancient: παράλιος f (parálios)
Haitian Creole: bo lanmè
Hungarian: tengerpart (hu)
Ilocano: igid ti baybay
Inari Sami: merâriddo
Ingrian: merenranta
Interlingua: costa, litore
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 海岸 (ja) (かいがん, kaigan), 海浜 (ja) (かいひん, kaihin)
Korean: 바닷가 (ko) (badatga), 해변(海邊) (ko) (haebyeon), 해안(海岸) (ko) (haean)
Latin: lītus (la) n, acta (la) f
Latvian: jūrmala f
Maguindanao: dedsaan
Malay: tepi (ms) pantai (ms)
Malayalam: കടൽത്തീരം (ml) (kaṭalttīraṁ)
Maori: tahatai, tātahi
Maranao: iratan
Minangkabau: pasisia (min)
Old English: sǣrima m
Portuguese: beira-mar (pt) m
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Russian: побере́жье (ru) n (poberéžʹje), примо́рье (ru) n (primórʹje), бе́рег мо́ря m (béreg mórja)
Slovene: morska obala f, plaža (sl) f
Southern Kalinga: tarantag
Southern Ohlone: kaw
Spanish: litoral (es), costa (es)
Swedish: havskust (sv) c
Tagalog: dalampasigan (tl), baybayin (tl), tabing-dagat
Telugu: సముద్రతీరము (te) (samudratīramu)
Turkish: deniz kıyısı
Ukrainian: берег моря (bereh morja), морське́ побере́жжя n (morsʹké poberéžžja), морське́ узбере́жжя n (morsʹké uzberéžžja)
Vietnamese: bờ biển

foreshore — see foreshore

Anagrams

sea horse, seahorse

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