maritime
UK/ˈmæɹ.ɪˌtaɪm//ˈmæɹ.ɪˌtaɪm/
maritime adjective: relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
Adjective
maritime (comparative more maritime, superlative most maritime)
- Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
- maritime law
- maritime insurance
- Bordering on the sea; living near the seacoast; coastal.
- the maritime states; a maritime people
- Inhabiting the seashore; living coastwise; littoral. (distinguished from marine)
- a maritime bird or animal
- On the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and northernmost Florida, maritime forests are dominated by live oaks (Quercus virginiana), and occur as large contiguous patches of forest on barrier islands, the immediate mainland, and as small patches (oak hammocks) scattered among coastal marshes.2004 March, Scott G. Somershoe, C. Ray Chandler, “Use of Oak Hammocks by Neotropical Migrant Songbirds: the Role of Area and Habitat”, in The Wilson Bulletin, volume 116, number 1, Lawrence, KS...
- Of or relating to a sailor or seaman; nautical.
maritime meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
maritime in Hindi
- relating to the sea
- समुद्री samudrī
maritime in Tamil
- கடல்சார்
maritime in Urdu
- maritime
- دریائی daryāī
maritime in Bengali
- উপকূলবর্তী, সামুদ্র, সামুদ্রি, বেলাবাসী, উপকূলবাসী
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- maritime in Malayalam
- സമുദ്രസംബന്ധമായ, നാവികനിരയും നാവിക വാണിഭവുമുളള, സമുദ്രതീരത്തുള്ള, കടലിനോടോ കടൽയാത്രയോടോ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട
- maritime in Kannada
- ಕಡಲತಡಿಯ, ಸಮುದ್ರತೀರದ, ಕಡಲಿನ, ಸಮುದ್ರದ
- maritime in Punjabi
- سمندری samandrī, ਸਮੁੰਦਰੀ samundrī
- maritime in Tagalog
- karagatnin
- maritime in Arabic
- بَحْرِيّ baḥriyy
- maritime in Indonesian
- kelautan
Examples of maritime in a sentence
- I enjoy maritime activities such as yachting and deep sea diving.
- “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.[…]Steerage is like everything else maritime[…]vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
Forms of maritime
| comparative | more maritime |
|---|---|
| superlative | most maritime |
Origin of maritime
Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus.
Words formed from maritime
Phrases with maritime
Questions about maritime
- What does maritime mean?
- Maritime means relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
- What is maritime in Hindi?
- Maritime in Hindi is समुद्री (samudrī). See Maritime meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use maritime in a sentence?
- I enjoy maritime activities such as yachting and deep sea diving.
- What part of speech is maritime?
- Maritime is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce maritime?
- Maritime is pronounced /ˈmæɹ.ɪˌtaɪm/ (UK).
Words near maritime in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: maritime (page history and authors); maritime (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); دریائی (Urdu) (page history and authors); maritime (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maritime (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maritime (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سمندری (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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