yacht

See also Yacht

English

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Etymology

From Dutch jacht from Old Dutch jagt, short for jaghtschip (“‘ship for chasing’”), from jagen, related to German jagen and Danish jage (“‘to hunt’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /yɒt/
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  Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

Singular yacht

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1. A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.

   "Would you like to go sailing on my uncle’s yacht?"

   "You are a true yachtsman! Are you a member of the local yacht club?"

2. Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.

Derived terms

• yacht club
• yachter
• yachtsman
• SY/steam yacht/sailing yacht
• MY/motor yacht

Translations

slick and light ship

Bosnian: jahta bs(bs) f. Croatian: jahta hr(hr) f. Czech: jachta cs(cs) f. Estonian: jaht Finnish: jahti fi(fi), huvipursi fi(fi) German: Yacht de(de) f., Jacht de(de) f. Greek: γιοτ el(el) (yiot) n.

Hungarian: jacht hu(hu) Italian: panfilo it(it) m., yacht it(it) m. Japanese: ヨット (yótto) Russian: яхта (jáχta) f. Slovene: jahta sl(sl) f. Spanish: yate es(es) m.

any private noncommercial vessel

Finnish: huvialus fi(fi) German: Yacht de(de) f., Jacht de(de) f. Greek: θαλαμηγός el(el) (thalamigós) f.

Hungarian: jacht hu(hu) Japanese: 船 (fune), ボート (bōto)

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Arabic: يخت (yakht) Bulgarian: яхта f. Catalan: iot m. Dutch: jacht n. Esperanto: jaĥto French: yacht m. Hebrew: יאכטה (yakhta) f.

Korean: 요트 (yoteu) Portuguese: iate m. Serbian: Cyrillic: јахта f. Roman: jahta f. Turkish: yat [-tı]

Verb

Infinitive to yacht

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to yacht (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (intransitive) To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

Translations

to voyage in a yacht

Spanish: ir en yate es(es)

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French

Etymology

From English yacht < Dutch.

Noun

yacht m. (plural yachts)

1. Yacht.

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