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mal de mer

American  
[mal duh mer] / mal də ˈmɛr /

noun

French.
  1. seasickness.


mal de mer British  
/ mal də mɛr /

noun

  1. seasickness

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Although the company shies from medical claims, French doctors often prescribe Perrier for mal de mer and morning sickness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The viewer must share their turmoil�feel vertigo or mal de mer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Desnoes has been having the company ship-doctors gather data on the malady, known also as mal de mer and nausea marma, to which most people, even sailors, are subject.

From Time Magazine Archive

The filming, some of which took place off the coast of Barcelona, caused some seasickness problems among the moviemakers, but Dunaway seemed to have had more worries about costuming than mal de mer.

From Time Magazine Archive

With scarce a ripple on the water, even those who have no confidence whatever in their sea-going capabilities can feel no terror of mal de mer.

From Belles and Ringers by Smart, Hawley