open sea

English

Etymology

From Middle English open see, open se, equivalent to open +‎ sea.

Noun

open sea (countable and uncountable, plural open seas)

That part of the sea out of sight of land.
A sea open to all nations, i.e. not a mare clausum.

Translations

part of the sea

Crimean Tatar: açıq deñiz
Dutch: open zee f, volle zee f
Finnish: avomeri (fi), aava (fi), aava meri, selkämeri, ulappa (fi), ulkomeri
French: haute mer (fr) f, large (fr) m
Hebrew: הַיָּם הַפָּתוּחַ‎ (he) m (hayam hapatuakh)
Irish: mórmhuir f
Italian: alto mare m
Japanese: 沖 (ja) (oki)
Maori: moana waiwai, tahora, moana tuauriuri

Norman: plieine mé f (Jersey), large m (Jersey)
Portuguese: alto mar, mar aberto
Russian: откры́тое мо́ре (ru) n (otkrýtoje móre)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пу̀чина f

Roman: pùčina (sh) f
Southern Altai: ачык талай (ačïk talay)
Spanish: alta mar (es) f, mar ancha f, piélago (es) m
Swedish: öppet hav

See also

open water

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