maritime

C2 Topic:Transportation
US /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/ UK /ˈmæ.ɹɪˌtaɪm/
adj Freq #20775

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea

    a maritime province

  2. 2
    adj

    relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen

    Maritime trade made the port wealthy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · relating to or involving... nautical
Word family
Derived forms maritimalmaritimelymaritimesmaritimizationnonmaritimesubmaritime
Related forms fluvialmarinamarinaramarinatemarinemariner

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus.

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