offshore

== English == === Alternative forms === off-shore === Etymology === From off- +‎ shore. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɒfˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) === Adjective === offshore (not comparable) Moving away from the shore. Located in the sea away from the coast. Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws or labor costs. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === offshore (not comparable) Away from the shore. At some distance from the shore. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === offshore (third-person singular simple present offshores, present participle offshoring, simple past and past participle offshored) (transitive) To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, in order to seek lower business costs, such as labor. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === offshore (plural offshores) An area of or portion of sea away from the shore. An island, outcrop, or other land away from shore. Something or someone in, from, or associated with another country. === See also === deep-sea inshore nearshore noshore onshore reshore == French == === Alternative forms === off-shore, off shore (pre-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from English offshore. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔf.ʃɔʁ/ === Adjective === offshore (plural offshores) offshore, in the sea away from the coast offshore, in another country == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English offshore. === Adjective === offshore (indeclinable) offshore === References === “offshore” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English offshore. === Adjective === offshore (indeclinable) offshore === References === “offshore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Spanish == === Alternative forms === off-shore === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English offshore. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ofˈʃoɾ/ [ofˈʃoɾ] IPA(key): (chiefly Spain) /ofˈsoɾ/ [ofˈsoɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: off‧shore === Adjective === offshore (invariable) offshore === Noun === offshore f (plural offshores) offshore, offshore company === Usage notes === According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “offshore”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]