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
• Latin: malacia 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
• German: Flaute (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: γαλήνη f (galḗnē)

• Icelandic: dauðalogn m
• Italian: bonaccia (it) f
• Latin: malacia f
• Macedonian: зати́шие n (zatíšie)
• Manx: kiuney vooar f
• Maori: aio piropiro, mōwai rokiroki
• Ottoman Turkish: لیمانلق (limanlık)
• Russian: штиль (ru) m (štilʹ), безве́трие (ru) n (bezvétrije), зати́шье (ru) n (zatíšʹje)
• Scottish Gaelic: fèath nan eun m or f
• Spanish: calma chicha f