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)

1. 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, espaldón m, rompeolas m, espigón (es) m, tajamar (es) m, molo (es) m

See also

• breakwater
• groyne