Meanings
nounmal de mer (uncountable)
- literaryuncountableseasickness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmotion sickness experienced while traveling on water
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Origin
- Frenchmal de mer
- Englishmal de mer
Borrowed from French mal de mer (literally “sickness of sea”).
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mal de mer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mal%20de%20mer
MLA
“mal de mer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mal%20de%20mer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mal de mer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mal%20de%20mer.
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