Meanings
nounseafood (usually uncountable, plural seafoods)
plural seafoods
- uncountableusuallyFood from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms.
But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods.
1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 1271 more example
Write about radiation levels in seafood, “safe” pollution limits set by pollutors, government policy auctioned for campaign donations and Seaboard's ex juris police force, and you'll raise the temperature of public awareness, fractionally, towards its ignition point.
2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBNSynonyms: fruit of the sea
- broadlyuncountableusuallyFood from any aquatic source, including not only salt water but also fresh water.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:seafood.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFood from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms.
Similar
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*seykʷ-
- Proto-Germanic*sīhwaną
- Proto-Germanic*saiwiz
- Proto-West Germanic*saiwi
- Old Englishsǣ
- Middle Englishsee
- Englishsea
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Germanic*fōdô
- Old Englishfōda
- Middle Englishfode
- Englishfood
- Englishseafood
Translations
Afrikaans seekos
- seekosfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Arabic مَأْكُولَات بَحْرِيَّة, طَعَام الْبَحْر
- مَأْكُولَات بَحْرِيَّة (maʔkūlāt baḥriyya)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- طَعَام الْبَحْر (ṭaʕām al-baḥr)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Bulgarian морски дарове
- морски дарове (morski darove)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Cantonese 海鮮 /海鲜
- 海鮮 /海鲜 (hoi² sin¹)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Chinese Mandarin 海鮮 /海鲜, 海產食品 /海产食品
- 海鮮 /海鲜 (hǎixiān)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 海產食品 /海产食品 (hǎichǎn shípǐn)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 魚鮮 /鱼鲜 (yúxiān)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 海味 (hǎiwèi)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 河鮮 /河鲜 (héxiān)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 湖鮮 /湖鲜 (húxiān)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 水產 /水产 (shuǐchǎn)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Czech dary moře, mořské plody
- dary mořefish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- mořské plodyfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- plody mořefish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Dutch zeevruchten, zeebanket
- zeevruchtenfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- zeebanketfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Esperanto marfruktoj
- marfruktojfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Finnish merenantimet, merenelävät
- merenantimetfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- merenelävätfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- meren viljafish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- meriruokafish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- kalaruokafish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
French fruits de mer
- fruits de merfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
German Meeresfrüchte, Meeresfrucht
- Meeresfrüchtefish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- Meeresfruchtfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Greek θαλασσινά
- θαλασσινά (thalassiná)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Hebrew פֵּירוֹת יָם
- פֵּירוֹת יָם (perót yam)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Hindi समुद्री खाद्य
- समुद्री खाद्य (samudrī khādya)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Hungarian tenger gyümölcsei, tengeri hal/rák/kagyló
- tenger gyümölcseifish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- tengeri hal/rák/kagylófish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- halászati termékekfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Indonesian boga bahari, makanan laut
- boga baharifish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- makanan lautfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Irish bia mara
- bia marafish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Italian frutti di mare, frutto di mare
- frutti di marefish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- frutto di marefish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Japanese シーフード, 海鮮
- シーフード (shīfūdo)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 海鮮 (kaisen)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 魚介類 (gyokairui)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 海産物 (kaisanbutsu)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 海産食品 (kaisan-shokuhin)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Korean 해산물, 해물
- 해산물 (haesanmul)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- 해물 (haemul)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Malay makanan laut
- makanan lautfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Māori kaimoana, mātaitai
- kaimoanafish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- mātaitaifish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Norwegian sjømat
- sjømatfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Polish owoce morza, frutti di mare
- owoce morzafish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- frutti di marefish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Portuguese fruto do mar, marisco
- fruto do marfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- mariscofish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- frutos do marfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Romanian fructe de mare
- fructe de marefish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Russian морепроду́кты
- морепроду́кты (moreprodúkty)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Spanish marisco
- mariscofish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Swahili chakula cha baharini
- chakula cha baharinifish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Swedish fisk och skaldjur
- fisk och skaldjurfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Tagalog lamandagat, pagkaing-dagat
- lamandagatfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- pagkaing-dagatfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Thai อาหารทะเล
- อาหารทะเล (aa-hǎan-tá-lee)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Turkish deniz ürünü, deniz ürünleri
- deniz ürünüfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- deniz ürünlerifish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Vietnamese hải sản, đồ biển
- hải sảnfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- đồ biểnfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Welsh bwyd môr
- bwyd môrfish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Yiddish פֿיליערוואַרג, ים־פֿרוכט
- פֿיליערוואַרג (filyervarg)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
- ים־פֿרוכט (yam-frukht)fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
Cite this entry
APA
seafood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seafood
MLA
“seafood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seafood. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seafood,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seafood.
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