dead calm

dead calm

English

Adjective

dead calm (not comparable)

1. (of a body of water) Completely still with no waves and no wind.

   We were drifting on a dead calm sea for a third week in a row.

Synonyms

• clock calm

Translations

completely still

Finnish: peilityyni (fi), rasvatyyni

Italian: calma piatta f, calmeria f, bonaccia (it) f

Noun

dead calm (uncountable)

1. (nautical) The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.

   Dead calm prevails over the Atlantic.

Synonyms

• clock calm

Translations

condition of a flat sea without waves

Bulgarian: затишие (bg) n (zatišie) Finnish: peilityyneys, rasvatyyneys Greek: Ancient: γαλήνη f (galḗnē) Icelandic: dauðalogn m Italian: bonaccia (it) f

Latin: malacia f Manx: kiuney vooar f Maori: aio piropiro Russian: штиль (ru) m (štilʹ) Scottish Gaelic: fèath nan eun m or f