naufrage

N1A1U1F4R1A1G2E1

noun

shipwreck

“May 7 1617, Francis Bacon, speech on taking his place in Chancery the opinion , not to relieve any case after judginent , would be a guilty opinion ; guilty of the ruin , and naufrage , and perishing of infinite subjects”

OriginFrench naufrage ← Latin naufragium →
Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteshipwreck
  2. obsoleteruin

    May 7 1617, Francis Bacon, speech on taking his place in Chancery the opinion , not to relieve any case after judginent , would be a guilty opinion ; guilty of the ruin , and naufrage , and perishing of infinite subjects

Origin

  1. Latinnaufragium“shipwreck”
  2. Frenchnaufrage“shipwreck”
  3. Englishnaufrage

From French naufrage (“shipwreck”), from Latin naufragium (“shipwreck”), from nāvis (“ship”) + frangere (“to break”).

More words from French, Latin

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

naufrage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naufrage

MLA

“naufrage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naufrage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “naufrage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naufrage.

Source: naufrage on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.