seafaring

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the work of a sailor
  2. noun travel by water
  3. adjective used on the high seas

Etymology

From Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea + faring (“travelling; journeying; going”). Compare Old English sǣ-līþende (“seafaring”). Cognate with Dutch zeevarend (“seafaring”), German Low German seefahrend (“seafaring”), German seefahrend (“seafaring”), Danish søfarende (“seafaring”), Swedish sjöfarande (“seafaring”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

navigation, sailing

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
employment
Narrower (hyponyms)
cabotage

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