Meanings
plural seascapes
- A view of the sea.
Having accompanied his master to the door, Parkinson returned towards the promenade and sat down to admire the seascape from the nearest bench.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC1 more example
‘Penguins?’ I asked our Spanish guide. ‘Si, si, si,’ he agreed with an encouraging grin and plunged on through the penguinless seascape.
1993, Ranulph Fiennes, chapter 2, in Mind Over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent, London: Mandarin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 35
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*seykʷ-
- Proto-Germanic*sīhwaną
- Proto-Germanic*saiwiz
- Proto-West Germanic*saiwi
- Old Englishsǣ
- Middle Englishsee
- Englishsea
- Englishlandscapebf.
- Englishseascape
Translations
Bulgarian морски пейзаж
- морски пейзаж (morski pejzaž)piece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Catalan marina
- marinapiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Esperanto marpentraĵo
- marpentraĵopiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Finnish merimaisema, merimaalaus
- merimaisemapiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
- merimaalauspiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
French marine
- marinepiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
German Meereslandschaft, Seestück
- Meereslandschafta view of the sea
- Seestückpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Irish amharc mara, radharc mara
- amharc maraa view of the sea
- radharc maraa view of the sea
- muirdhreachpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
- muirphictiúrpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Polish widok na morze, marina
- widok na morzea view of the sea
- marinapiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Russian мари́на
- мари́на (marína)piece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Swedish havsbild, havsmålning
- havsbildpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
- havsmålningpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
seascape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seascape
“seascape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seascape. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seascape,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seascape.
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