ENTER KEYWORD:

Beach - meaning and illustration

📘 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes
1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for beach: 🔊
1.2. Etymology of Beach:
1.3. 🇫🇷 French translation of beach:
1.4. Definition of beach in fisheries:
1 Other Definitions of Beach per Country
1.5. Plural of beach:
1.6. Usage contexts of beach:
2. Other fisheries sub-sectors:

⌚ Reading time:

📆 Last modified:

2023-09-10 00:00:00

1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for beach: 🔊

BrE /biːtʃ/ NAmE /biːtʃ/

1.2. Etymology of Beach:

Mid 16th cent. (denoting shingle on the seashore): perhaps related to Old English bæce, bece ‘brook’ (an element that survives in place names such as Wisbech and Sandbach), assuming an intermediate sense ‘pebbly river valley’.

1.3. 🇫🇷 French translation of beach:

Plage
Grève
Rivage

1.4. Definition of beach in fisheries:

Beach : an area of land next to a body of water (sea, lake, etc.), usually having sand or small rocks.

1 Other Definitions of Beach per Country

In Kenya:

"beach" means the defined geographical area of jurisdiction of a beach management unit established under regulation 5;

✏️ Source -- Kenyan Fisheries (Beach Management Units) Regulations, 2024, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenyan Fisheries (Beach Management Units) Regulations, 2024 )