Meanings
nounseamanship (usually uncountable, plural seamanships)
plural seamanships
- uncountableusuallynauticalSkill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel at sea.
Origin
Translations
Dutch zeemanschap
- zeemanschapskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
Finnish merimiestaito
- merimiestaitoskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
French qualités de marin
- qualités de marinskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
German Seemannskunst, Seemannserfahrung
- Seemannskunstskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
- Seemannserfahrungskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
Hebrew יַמָּאוּת, מַלָּחוּת
- יַמָּאוּת (yama'út)skill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
- מַלָּחוּת (malakhút)skill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
Hungarian tengerészet, hajózás
- tengerészetskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
- hajózásskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
Irish loingseoireacht
- loingseoireachtskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
Norwegian Bokmål sjømannskap
- sjømannskapskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
Polish praktyka morska, żeglarstwo
- praktyka morskaskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
- żeglarstwoskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
Spanish marinaje, marinería
- marinajeskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
- marineríaskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
- náuticaskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
Swedish sjömanskap
- sjömanskapskill and knowledge used in handling a vessel
Cite this entry
APA
seamanship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seamanship
MLA
“seamanship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seamanship. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seamanship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seamanship.
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