maritime

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
  2. adjective bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus.

In classic literature

Synonyms

nautical, marine

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