2. Division de l'océan mondial définie du point de vue hydrographique (limites continentales ou insulaires) et hydrologique (température, salinité, courants).
3. Bord de mer, région, ville côtières, plages, etc., considérés du point de vue des résidences, des loisirs, des activités qui y ont trait, etc. : Aller à la mer pour les vacances.
4. Eau de la mer, de l'océan : La mer est chaude, froide.
5. Grande quantité de liquide répandu : Une mer de sang.
6.Littéraire. Vaste étendue, vaste superficie : Une mer de sable.
Astronomie
7. Sur la Lune, vaste étendue plane, sombre, constituée de roche basique et généralement bordée de montagnes.
Expressions avec mer
Au-delà des mers,
de l'autre côté de l'océan ; très loin.
Familier. Ce n'est pas la mer à boire,
cela n'offre pas une telle difficulté.
En mer,
loin du rivage ; au cours de la navigation en mer.
Par mer,
par voie de mer, par bateau.
Par mer et par terre,
en de nombreux lieux, partout dans le monde.
Droit
Droit de la mer,
ensemble des règles internationales, applicables aux espaces maritimes, et relatives à la souveraineté, la navigation et l'utilisation économique des eaux et des fonds marins.
Mer fermée,
mer qui n'a qu'un seul État riverain et qui communique avec la mer libre par un détroit dominé par cet État. (Lui sont appliquées les règles des baies et des golfes.)
Mer intérieure,
mer bordée par un seul et même État et considérée comme faisant partie de son territoire.
Mer nationale,
synonyme de eaux intérieures.
Synonyme :
eaux intérieures.
Mer territoriale,
synonyme de eaux territoriales.
Synonyme :
eaux territoriales.
Hydrologie
Mer continentale ou intercontinentale,
mer profonde séparée de l'océan par des seuils ou des détroits. (Elle est individualisée par l'isolement, le cloisonnement par des seuils, l'existence de circuits autonomes, la variété des bilans hydrologiques et l'élévation de la température de fond.)
Dans les noms propres formés de mer suivi d'un adjectif ou d'un complément, c'est l'adjectif ou le complément qui prend la majuscule : la mer Rouge, la mer Méditerranée, la mer Adriatique, la mer Baltique ; la mer du Nord.
Citations avec mer
Rafael Alberti (Puerta de Santa Maria 1902-Puerta de Santa Maria 1999) […] Il est des portes sur la mer que l'on ouvre avec des mots. […] Hay puertas al mar que se abren con palabras. Sobre los ángeles, El ángel de las bodegas
Charles Baudelaire (Paris 1821-Paris 1867) Quel démon a doté la mer, rauque chanteuse, Qu'accompagne l'immense orgue des vents grondeurs, De cette fonction sublime de berceuse ? Les Fleurs du Mal, Moesta et errabunda
Charles Baudelaire (Paris 1821-Paris 1867) Homme libre, toujours tu chériras la mer. Les Fleurs du Mal, l'Homme et la Mer
Louis Brauquier (1900-1976) La liberté des mers, avec leur solitude, Qui parleront toujours au sel de notre sang Eau douce pour navires, Gallimard
Jean-Baptiste Chassignet (Besançon vers 1578-1637) Notre vie est semblable à la mer vagabonde, Où le flot suit le flot, et l'onde pousse l'onde, Surgissant à la fin au havre de la mort. Le Mespris de la vie et consolation contre la mort
John Donne (Londres 1572-Londres 1631) La mer est aussi profonde dans le calme que dans la tempête. The sea is as deepe in a calme as in a storme. Sermons, Mundus Mare
Édouard Estaunié (Dijon 1862-Paris 1942) Académie française, 1923 Les êtres ont la mobilité et l'éphémère durée des vagues ; seules, les choses qui leur ont servi de témoins sont comme la mer et demeurent immuables. Les Choses voient, Grasset
José Maria de Heredia (La Fortuna, près de Santiago de Cuba, 1842-château de Bourdonné, près de Houdan, 1905) Académie française, 1894 Mais l'homme indifférent au rêve des aïeux Écoute sans frémir au fond des nuits sereines La mer qui se lamente en pleurant les sirènes. Les Trophées, Antoine et Cléopâtre , Lemerre
Horace en latin Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Venusia, Apulie, 65-Rome ? 8 avant J.-C.) Demain nous prendrons les routes de la vaste mer. Odes, I, VII, 32 Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.
Jules Laforgue (Montevideo 1860-Paris 1887) Ô mers, ô volières de ma Mémoire ! Les Complaintes, Complainte du pauvre chevalier-errant
Marcel Pagnol (Aubagne 1895-Paris 1974) Si vous voulez aller sur la mer, sans aucun risque de chavirer, alors, n'achetez pas un bateau : achetez une île ! Fanny, II, 3, Panisse , Fasquelle
Paul Valéry (Sète 1871-Paris 1945) Ce toit tranquille, où marchent des colombes, Entre les pins palpite, entre les tombes […]. Charmes, le Cimetière marin Gallimard
Félix Lope de Vega Carpio (Madrid 1562-Madrid 1635) Mettre un frein à la femme, c'est mettre une limite à la mer. Poner freno a la mujer es poner limite al mar. La dama boba, III, 4
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