dead calm

English

Adjective

dead calm (not comparable)

(of a body of water) Completely still with no waves and no wind.
We were drifting on a dead calm sea for a third week in a row.

Synonyms

clock calm

Translations

completely still

Finnish: peilityyni (fi), rasvatyyni

Italian: calma piatta f, calmeria f, bonaccia (it) f

Noun

dead calm (uncountable)

(nautical) The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.
Dead calm prevails over the Atlantic.

Synonyms

clock calm

Translations

condition of a flat sea without waves

Bulgarian: затишие (bg) n (zatišie)
Finnish: peilityyneys, rasvatyyneys
Greek:
Ancient: γαλήνη f (galḗnē)
Icelandic: dauðalogn m
Italian: bonaccia (it) f

Latin: malacia f
Manx: kiuney vooar f
Maori: aio piropiro
Russian: штиль (ru) m (štilʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: fèath nan eun m or f

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