Meanings
verbdisembark (third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)
present singular third person disembarks · participle present disembarking · participle past disembarked · past disembarked
- intransitiveTo go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
This time I disembark at Dumbarton Central, a station with two island platforms blessed with yellow brick buildings and iron canopies dating from 1896, and listed Grade A.
2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77 - transitiveTo go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft)
We disembarked the ferry.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
Opposite
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Old Frenchen-
- Middle Englishen-
- Englishen-
- Englishem-
- Englishbark
- Englishembark
- Englishdisembark
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀποβιβάζω, ἐκβιβάζω
- ἀποβιβάζω (apobibázō)remove from on board a vessel
- ἐκβιβάζω (ekbibázō)remove from on board a vessel
- ἀποβαίνω (apobaínō)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- ἐκβαίνω (ekbaínō)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Bulgarian дебаркирам, дебаркирам
- дебаркирам (debarkiram)remove from on board a vessel
- дебаркирам (debarkiram)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Catalan desembarcar, desembarcar
- desembarcarremove from on board a vessel
- desembarcarto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Chinese Mandarin 登陸 /登陆, 下船
- 登陸 /登陆 (dēnglù)remove from on board a vessel
- 下船 (xiàchuán)remove from on board a vessel
- 登陸 /登陆 (dēnglù)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- 下船 (xiàchuán)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Czech vylodit, vystoupit
- vyloditremove from on board a vessel
- vystoupitto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Danish gå i land
- gå i landto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Dutch van boord gaan, ontschepen
- van boord gaanto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- ontschepento go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Esperanto elŝipiĝi, elvagoniĝi
- elŝipiĝiremove from on board a vessel
- elvagoniĝito go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- elaviiĝito go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Finnish rantauttaa, astua maihin
- rantauttaaremove from on board a vessel
- astua maihinto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- nousta maihinto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- nousta junastato go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- laskeutua lentokoneestato go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- nousta linja-autostato go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
French débarquer, débarquer
- débarquerremove from on board a vessel
- débarquerto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
German ausschiffen
- ausschiffenremove from on board a vessel
Hungarian leszáll, kiszáll
- leszállto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- kiszállto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Italian sbarcare, sbarcare
- sbarcareremove from on board a vessel
- sbarcareto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Japanese 降りる, 上陸する
- 降りる (oriru)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- 上陸する (jōriku suru)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Latin egredior
- egrediorremove from on board a vessel
Māori heke, makere
- heketo go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- makereto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Polish opuszczać pokład, opuścić pokład
- opuszczać pokładremove from on board a vessel
- opuścić pokładremove from on board a vessel
- wysiadaćto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- wysiąśćto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Portuguese desembarcar, desembarcar
- desembarcarremove from on board a vessel
- desembarcarto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- saltar em terrato go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Romanian descărca
- descărcaremove from on board a vessel
Russian выса́живать, вы́садить
- выса́живать (vysáživatʹ)remove from on board a vessel
- вы́садить (výsaditʹ)remove from on board a vessel
- выса́живаться (vysáživatʹsja)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- вы́садиться (výsaditʹsja)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- сходи́ть (sxodítʹ)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
- сойти́ (sojtí)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Spanish desembarcar, desembarcar
- desembarcarremove from on board a vessel
- desembarcarto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Tamil இறங்கு
- இறங்கு (iṟaṅku)to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Turkish karaya çıkmak
- karaya çıkmakremove from on board a vessel
Vietnamese xuống xe
- xuống xeto go ashore, to leave a train or airplane
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disembark
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APA
disembark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembark
MLA
“disembark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembark. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disembark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembark.
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