oversea

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English over-se, over see, ouer sea, from Old English ofer sǣ (literally “over/across (the) sea”); equivalent to over +‎ sea. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzee, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/, [ˌəʊ̯.vəˈsiː] (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsi/, [ˌoʊ̯.vɚˈsi] (New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɐʉ.vəˈsiː/, [ˌɐʉ̯.vɐˈsiː] Hyphenation: over‧sea Rhymes: -iː Homophone: oversee === Adjective === oversea (not comparable) (chiefly British) Alternative form of overseas. === Adverb === oversea (not comparable) (chiefly British) Alternative form of overseas. ==== Derived terms ==== overseas === References === “oversea”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.