maritime

Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/

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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.

• Maritime Alps
• maritime earwig
• Maritime Provinces
• Maritimes

• marina
• marinara
• marinate
• marine
• mariner

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

maritime (plural maritimes)

1. maritime

• marin
• mer

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

• mimerait

maritime

1. inflection of maritim:
   1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative and accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular

maritime

1. vocative masculine singular of maritimus

Borrowed from Latin maritimus.

maritime m or 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.

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• English: maritime
• French: maritime

maritime

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

maritime

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

maritime

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of maritim.