sea ice

noun

Frozen seawater.

Meanings

nounsea ice (uncountable)

alternative sea-ice

  1. uncountableFrozen seawater.

Translations

Catalan gel marí, banquisa
  • gel marífrozen seawater
  • banquisafrozen seawater
Chinese Mandarin 海冰
  • 海冰 (hǎibīng)frozen seawater
Finnish merijää
  • merijääfrozen seawater
French glace de mer
  • glace de merfrozen seawater
German Meereis
  • Meereisfrozen seawater
Italian banchisa
  • banchisafrozen seawater
Japanese 海氷
  • 海氷 (kaihyō)frozen seawater
Korean 해빙
  • 해빙 (haebing)frozen seawater
Norwegian Bokmål sjøis
  • sjøisfrozen seawater
Polish lód morski
  • lód morskifrozen seawater
Portuguese banquisa
  • banquisafrozen seawater
Spanish banquisa, hielo marino
  • banquisafrozen seawater
  • hielo marinofrozen seawater
Swedish havsis
  • havsisfrozen seawater
Cite this entry
APA

sea ice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20ice

MLA

“sea ice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20ice. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea ice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20ice.

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