Meanings
nounseamount (plural seamounts)
plural seamounts
- geographyAn underwater mountain with a prominence of more than 1,000 meters, which does not breach the surface of the water.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 海底山
- 海底山 (hǎidǐshān)underwater mountain
French piton sous-marin
- piton sous-marinunderwater mountain
German Tiefseeberg
- Tiefseebergunderwater mountain
Italian montagna sottomarina
- montagna sottomarinaunderwater mountain
Japanese 海山
- 海山underwater mountain
Korean 해산
- 해산 (haesan)underwater mountain
Russian подво́дная гора́
- подво́дная гора́ (podvódnaja gorá)underwater mountain
Spanish monte marino
- monte marinounderwater mountain
Swedish djuphavsberg, undervattensberg
- djuphavsbergunderwater mountain
- undervattensbergunderwater mountain
Ukrainian підво́дна гора́
- підво́дна гора́ (pidvódna horá)underwater mountain
Cite this entry
APA
seamount. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seamount
MLA
“seamount.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seamount. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seamount,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seamount.
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