 | French | English  | |
 | bot. aérohalin {adj} | aerohaline [exposed to sea-spray; e.g. plants on coastal rocks] | |
| tumultueux {adj} [foule, mer, vent] | boisterous [crowd, sea, wind: rough, violent] | |
| naut. houleux {adj} [mer] | choppy [sea] | |
| agité {adj} [mer] | rough [sea] | |
| iodé {adj} [air] | salty [sea air] | |
| uni {adj} [sans aspérité] | smooth [surface, sea etc.] | |
| agité {adj} | stormy [sea] | |
| Verbs |
| météo. déferler | to break [sea, storm] | |
| rayonner [mer] | to glisten [sea] | |
| hist. naut. faire passer qn. sous la quille en guise de châtiment | to keelhaul sb. [form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea] | |
| battre qc. [mer contre rocher] | to pound sth. [sea on rocks] | |
| osciller | to rock [on the sea, chair] | |
| scruter qc. [mer, horizon] | to scan sth. [sea, horizon] | |
| rayonner [mer] | to sparkle [sea] | |
| hydro. naut. faire l'étude hydrographique de qc. [mer] | to survey sth. [sea] | |
| Nouns |
| géogr. fleuve {m} | 9 river [flowing into the sea] | |
| géogr. Antilles {f.pl} | Antilles [archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east] | |
| ethn. ling. gullah {m} [aussi : geechee] [créole à base lexicale anglaise parlé par les Gullah] | Gullah [also: Gullah-English, Sea Island Creole English or Geechee] | |
| armes mil. naut. mouillage {m} de mines | minelaying [at sea] | |
| armes mil. naut. mouillage {m} de mines | mining [at sea] [minelaying] | |
| écume {f} des vagues | spray [sea spray] | |
| houle {f} | swell [sea] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| en perdition {adv} [navire] | in distress [at sea] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| aller se baigner | to go swimming [in sea, river] | |
| lécher qc. [fig.] [mer, vagues] | to lap at sth. [fig.] [sea, waves: wash against] | |
| naut. chahuter qc. [bousculer] | to toss sth. around [e.g. boat by a rough sea] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| ethn. géogr. Aïnous {m.pl} | Ainu people [indigenous people of the lands surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk] | |
| géogr. mer {f} d'Andaman [mer tributaire de l'océan Indien] | Andaman Sea [formally: Burma Sea] | |
| géogr. mer {f} d'Arafura | Arafura Sea [Arafuru Sea] | |
| naut. tourisme VocVoy. promenade {f} en mer | boat excursion [on the sea] | |
| naut. tourisme VocVoy. promenade {f} en mer | boat trip [on the sea] | |
| géogr. mer {f} de Bohol | Bohol Sea [Mindanao Sea] | |
| géogr. mer {f} Caspienne [vaste étendue d'eau située en Asie occidentale] | Caspian Sea [also: Mazandaran Sea, Hyrcanian Ocean, or Khazar Sea] | |
| géogr. lagune {f} de Courlande | Curonian Lagoon [also: Curonian Bay or Curonian Gulf] [a freshwater lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit] | |
| géogr. baie {f} de la Dvina | Dvina Bay [one of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea] | |
| ichtyo. écluse {f} à poissons | fish lock [in the sea] | |
| géogr. Grandes Antilles {f.pl} | Greater Antilles [a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands] | |
| géogr. golfe {m} de Kandalakcha | Kandalaksha Gulf [one of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea] | |
| géogr. mer {f} de Koro | Koro Sea [Sea of Koro] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Sous-le-Vent | Leeward Islands [a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean] | |
| géogr. Petites Antilles {f.pl} [aussi : Petites Caraïbes] | Lesser Antilles [a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, most of which are part of an island arc between the Greater Antilles and the continent of South America] | |
| géogr. baie {f} de Mezen | Mezen Bay [one of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea] | |
| géogr. baie {f} d'Onega | Onega Bay [one of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea] | |
| géogr. géol. plaque {f} philippine [aussi : plaque de la mer des Philippines] | Philippine Plate [also: Philippine Sea Plate] | |
| géogr. baie {f} de Sagami [baie du Japon] | Sagami Bay [also: Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea] | |
| eau {f} de mer | salt water [sea water] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de La Corogne [1809] | Battle of Corunna [also: Battle of Elviña] [early in the Peninsular War, the French Army humiliated the British Army and forced it to evacuate by sea] | |
| mil. naut. flotte {f} de la mer Noire | Black Sea Fleet [also: Black Sea fleet] | |
| géogr. mer {f} du Japon | Sea of Japan [East Sea] [Korean Tonghae] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| géogr. dépendances {f.pl} fédérales de Venezuela [constituées de 72 îles au large des terres vénézuéliennes dans la mer des Caraïbes et du golfe du Venezuela] | Federal Dependencies of Venezuela [most of Venezuela's offshore islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Venezuela] | |
| Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi) |
| bot. T | | |
