Meanings
nounsailboat (plural sailboats)
plural sailboats · alternative sail-boat · alternative sailing boat
- slangcard gamesA playing card with the rank of four.
verbsailboat (third-person singular simple present sailboats, present participle sailboating, simple past and past participle sailboated)
present singular third person sailboats · participle present sailboating · participle past sailboated · past sailboated · alternative sail-boat · alternative sailing boat
- To travel by sailboat.
Synonyms & antonyms
Broader
Narrower
nouna small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
Similar
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian платноход
- платноход (platnohod)a boat propelled by a sail
Catalan barca de vela, veler
- barca de velaa boat propelled by a sail
- velera boat propelled by a sail
Chinese Cantonese 帆船
- 帆船 (faan⁴ syun⁴)a boat propelled by a sail
Chinese Mandarin 帆船
- 帆船 (fānchuán)a boat propelled by a sail
Czech plachetnice
- plachetnicea boat propelled by a sail
Danish kutter, sejlbåd
- kuttera boat propelled by a sail
- sejlbåda boat propelled by a sail
Dutch zeilboot
- zeilboota boat propelled by a sail
Esperanto velboato
- velboatoa boat propelled by a sail
Finnish purjevene, pursi
- purjevenea boat propelled by a sail
- pursia boat propelled by a sail
French cotre, voilier
- cotrea boat propelled by a sail
- voiliera boat propelled by a sail
German Kutter, Segelboot
- Kuttera boat propelled by a sail
- Segelboota boat propelled by a sail
Greek ιστιοφόρο, κότερο
- ιστιοφόρο (istiofóro)a boat propelled by a sail
- κότερο (kótero)a boat propelled by a sail
Hebrew מפרשית, ספינת מפרש
- מפרשיתa boat propelled by a sail
- ספינת מפרש (sfinát mifrás)a boat propelled by a sail
Hindi पालनौका
- पालनौका (pālnaukā)a boat propelled by a sail
Hungarian vitorlás, kutter
- vitorlása boat propelled by a sail
- kuttera boat propelled by a sail
Icelandic kútter
- kúttera boat propelled by a sail
Irish bád seoil
- bád seoila boat propelled by a sail
Italian barca a vela
- barca a velaa boat propelled by a sail
Japanese 帆船
- 帆船a boat propelled by a sail
Korean 범선
- 범선 (beomseon)a boat propelled by a sail
Malay perahu layar
- perahu layara boat propelled by a sail
Māori waka hēra, waka kōmaru
- waka hēraa boat propelled by a sail
- waka kōmarua boat propelled by a sail
Norwegian kutter, seilbåt
- kuttera boat propelled by a sail
- seilbåta boat propelled by a sail
Persian قایق بادبانی
- قایق بادبانی (qâyeq-e bâdbâni)a boat propelled by a sail
Polish żaglówka
- żaglówkaa boat propelled by a sail
Portuguese veleiro
- veleiroa boat propelled by a sail
Russian па́русное су́дно, па́русник
- па́русное су́дно (párusnoje súdno)a boat propelled by a sail
- па́русник (párusnik)a boat propelled by a sail
Scottish Gaelic bàta-siùil
- bàta-siùila boat propelled by a sail
Slovak plachetnica
- plachetnicaa boat propelled by a sail
Spanish embarcación a vela, velero
- embarcación a velaa boat propelled by a sail
- veleroa boat propelled by a sail
Swahili dhau
- dhaua boat propelled by a sail
Swedish kutter, segelbåt
- kuttera boat propelled by a sail
- segelbåta boat propelled by a sail
Thai เรือใบ
- เรือใบ (reua bai)a boat propelled by a sail
Ukrainian вітри́льник
- вітри́льник (vitrýlʹnyk)a boat propelled by a sail
Welsh llong hwylio
- llong hwylioa boat propelled by a sail
Cite this entry
APA
sailboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailboat
MLA
“sailboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailboat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sailboat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailboat.
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