maritime

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/

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Adjective

maritime (comparative more maritime, superlative most maritime)

1. Related to the sea or sailing.

   I enjoy maritime activities such as yachting and deep sea diving.

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable. […] Steerage is like everything else maritime […] vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”

2. Bordering on the sea.

   the maritime states.

3. Living near or in the sea.

   maritime animals.

4. Of or relating to a mariner or sailor.

Etymology

From Middle French maritime, borrowed from Latin maritimus (“of the sea”), from mare (“sea”).

Adjective

maritime (plural maritimes)

1. maritime

Further reading

• “maritime” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mimerait

Adjective

maritime

1. inflected form of maritim

Adjective

maritime

1. vocative masculine singular of maritimus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maritimus.

Adjective

maritime m, f (plural maritimes)

1. maritime (bordering the sea)
   • 1587, François de La Noue, F. E. Sutcliffe, Discours politiques et militaires ...:Nouvellement recueillis & mis en lumiere, page 829-830:

     Ceste-ci n'est pas si grande ni si plaisante que l'autre : elle a pourtant d'autres choses qui recompensent bien ces defauts, dont la principale est la situatió maritime.

Adjective

maritime

1. definite singular of maritim
2. plural form of maritim

Adjective

maritime

1. definite singular of maritim
2. plural form of maritim

Adjective

maritime

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of maritim.