mal de mer

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   motion sickness experienced while traveling on water

   Synonymsseasicknessnaupathia

   Broadermotion sickness

Questions about mal de mer

What does mal de mer mean?

mal de mer means "motion sickness experienced while traveling on water".

What is another word for mal de mer?

Close synonyms include seasickness, naupathia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mal de mer a common word?

mal de mer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.