Meanings
verbrowboat (third-person singular simple present rowboats, present participle rowboating, simple past and past participle rowboated)
present singular third person rowboats · participle present rowboating · participle past rowboated · past rowboated · alternative UK rowing boat
- intransitiveTo row a boat of this kind.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
Broader
small boat
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek λέμβος
- λέμβος (lémbos)small boat that is rowed
Arabic زَوْرَق
- زَوْرَق (zawraq)small boat that is rowed
Catalan barca de rems
- barca de remssmall boat that is rowed
Chinese Mandarin 划艇
- 划艇 (huátǐng)small boat that is rowed
Czech veslice
- veslicesmall boat that is rowed
Danish robåd
- robådsmall boat that is rowed
Dutch roeiboot
- roeibootsmall boat that is rowed
Esperanto remboato
- remboatosmall boat that is rowed
Finnish soutuvene
- soutuvenesmall boat that is rowed
French bateau à rames, barque
- bateau à ramessmall boat that is rowed
- barquesmall boat that is rowed
German Ruderboot
- Ruderbootsmall boat that is rowed
Icelandic árabátur
- árabátursmall boat that is rowed
Irish bád rámhaíochta
- bád rámhaíochtasmall boat that is rowed
Italian barca a remi
- barca a remismall boat that is rowed
Japanese 漕ぎ舟, 手漕ぎ舟
- 漕ぎ舟 (kogibune)small boat that is rowed
- 手漕ぎ舟 (tekogibune)small boat that is rowed
- ローボート (rōbōto)small boat that is rowed
Latvian airu laiva
- airu laivasmall boat that is rowed
Māori waka hoe
- waka hoesmall boat that is rowed
Norwegian robåt
- robåtsmall boat that is rowed
Persian کرو, زورق
- کرو (kerow)small boat that is rowed
- زورق (zowraq)small boat that is rowed
- قایق (qâyeq)small boat that is rowed
Polish łódź wiosłowa
- łódź wiosłowasmall boat that is rowed
Portuguese barco a remo
- barco a remosmall boat that is rowed
Russian гребна́я ло́дка, гребна́я шлю́пка
- гребна́я ло́дка (grebnája lódka)small boat that is rowed
- гребна́я шлю́пка (grebnája šljúpka)small boat that is rowed
- вёсельная ло́дка (vjóselʹnaja lódka)small boat that is rowed
Scottish Gaelic bàta-ràmh, eathar
- bàta-ràmhsmall boat that is rowed
- eatharsmall boat that is rowed
Spanish bote de remos, barco a remos
- bote de remossmall boat that is rowed
- barco a remossmall boat that is rowed
- bote a remossmall boat that is rowed
Swahili mtumbwi
- mtumbwismall boat that is rowed
Swedish roddbåt, (for one rower) eka
- roddbåtsmall boat that is rowed
- (for one rower) ekasmall boat that is rowed
Tagalog galauran
- galauransmall boat that is rowed
Turkish kayık
- kayıksmall boat that is rowed
Cite this entry
APA
rowboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rowboat
MLA
“rowboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rowboat. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rowboat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rowboat.
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