seawall

See also: sea wall

English

A seawall on the Isle of Wight.

Etymology

From Middle English se-walle, from Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), equivalent to sea +‎ wall.

Noun

seawall (plural seawalls)

A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.

Alternative forms

sea wall

Translations

coastal defence

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海堤 (zh) (hǎidī)
Dutch: zeedijk (nl)
Dzongkha: མཚོ་རྩིག (mtsho rtsig)
Finnish: rantamuuri, rantavalli
French: digue (fr)
German: Damm (de) m, Deich (de) m
Hindi: समुद्री दीवार (samudrī dīvār), समुद्रभित्ति (samudrabhitti)
Italian: frangiflutti (it) m
Korean: 해벽 (haebyeok), 방파제 (ko) (bangpaje)
Norman: talustre m
Russian: волноло́м (ru) m (volnolóm), волноре́з (ru) m (volnoréz), да́мба (ru) f (dámba)
Spanish: dique (es) m

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