yacht
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)yachts
- an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racingSynonyms: racing yachtType of vessel, watercraftParts cockpit locker
Verb (1)yachts, yachting
- travel in a yachtMore general boat
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Translations
Noun slick and light ship
- Spanish
- yate
- French
- yacht
- German
- Jacht
- Italian
- yacht
- Portuguese
- iate
- Turkish
- yat
- Russian
- я́хта jáxta
- Arabic
- يَخْت yaḵt
- Chinese
- 游艇 yóutǐng
- Japanese
- ヨット yotto
25 more languages
- Dutch
- jacht
- Polish
- jacht
- Swedish
- jakt
- Greek
- θαλαμηγός thalamigós
- Korean
- 요트 yoteu
- Indonesian
- kapal pesiar
- Vietnamese
- du thuyền
- Hungarian
- jacht
- Portuguese (PT)
- iate
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 遊艇 yóutǐng
- Catalan
- iot
- Czech
- jachta
- Esperanto
- jaĥto
- Estonian
- jaht
- Finnish
- jahti
- Georgian
- იახტა iaxṭa
- Hebrew
- יאכטה yakhta
- Icelandic
- snekkja
- Latvian
- jahta
- Lithuanian
- jachta
- Norwegian
- yacht
- Romanian
- iaht
- Scottish Gaelic
- gheat
- Serbo-Croatian
- jahta
- Slovak
- jachta
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: D. jagt, jacht; perhaps properly, a chase, hunting, from. jagen to chase, hunt, akin to G. jagen, OHG. jagōn, of uncertain origin; or perhaps akin to OHG. gāhi quick, sudden (cf. Gay).
Nautical A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc.
Yacht measurement. See the Note under Tonnage, 4.
To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54