spring tide

See also: springtide

English

Noun

spring tide (plural spring tides)

1. The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.
   • 1952 September, “Chepstow River Bridge Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 623:

     Spring tides at Chepstow rise 40 ft., and there is a rapid current except for a very short time.

   • 1961 January, “Talking of Trains: Flooding at Lewes”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:

     During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.

Antonyms

• neap tide

Hyponyms

• king tide

Derived terms

• proxigean spring tide

Translations

tide which occurs when the moon is new or full

• Afrikaans: springgety
• Catalan: marea viva f, marea de sizígia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大潮 (zh) (dàcháo)

• Danish: springflod (da) c
• Dutch: springtij (nl) n
• Esperanto: flusego
• Finnish: tulvavuoksi
• French: maline (fr) f, marée de vive eau f
• Galician: marea viva f
• German: Springflut (de) f, Springtide
• Hebrew: גֵּאוּת וְשֵׁפֶל בְּמוֹלַד הַיָּרֵחַ וּבְמִלּוֹאוֹ (geut veshefel bemolad hayareakh uvemilo'o), גֵּאוּת וָשֵׁפֶל בַּמּוֹלָד וּבַמָּלֵא (geut vashefel bamolad uvamale)
• Indonesian: pasang purnama (id)
• Irish: rabharta m
• Korean: 한사리 (hansari)
• Malay: pasang purnama
• Maori: uwheuwhe, taitai nui, tai nunui, tai koko, tai toko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: springflo (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: springflod f

• Portuguese: maré viva f, maré de sizígia f
• Russian: прилив (ru) m (priliv), полная вода (ru) f (polnaja voda)
• Scottish Gaelic: reothart m, reothairt f
• Spanish: marea de primavera f, marea viva f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: llanw mawr m, gorllanw m

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