Old English · noun
sæmann
Normalised sǣmann
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong consonant stem
- IPA
- /ˈsæːˌmɑnn/[ˈsæːˌmɑn]
- Syllables
- ˈsæː · ˌmɑnn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- seamansailor
Meaning
-
sailor
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From sǣ + mann. Cognate with Dutch zeeman, German Seemann, Swedish sjöman and Icelandic sjómaður.
Descendants
seaman
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