Meanings
nounsailing ship (plural sailing ships)
plural sailing ships
- A ship with masts and sails, powered by the wind.
Synonyms: sail, sailing vessel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA ship with masts and sails, powered by the wind.
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nouna vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
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Translations
Arabic سَفِينَة شَرَاعِيَّة
- سَفِينَة شَرَاعِيَّةtype of ship
Basque belaontzi
- belaontzitype of ship
Bulgarian ветроход
- ветроход (vetrohod)type of ship
Catalan veler
- velertype of ship
Chinese Mandarin 帆船
- 帆船 (fānchuán)type of ship
Czech plachetnice
- plachetnicetype of ship
Danish sejlskib
- sejlskibtype of ship
Dutch zeilschip
- zeilschiptype of ship
Esperanto velŝipo
- velŝipotype of ship
Estonian purjekas
- purjekastype of ship
Finnish purjealus
- purjealustype of ship
French voilier
- voiliertype of ship
German Segelschiff
- Segelschifftype of ship
Hebrew אֳנִיַּת מִפְרָשִׂים, סְפִינַת מִפְרָשִׂים
- אֳנִיַּת מִפְרָשִׂים (oniyat mifrasim)type of ship
- סְפִינַת מִפְרָשִׂים (sfinat mifrasim)type of ship
Hungarian vitorláshajó
- vitorláshajótype of ship
Icelandic seglskúta
- seglskútatype of ship
Indonesian kapal layar
- kapal layartype of ship
Italian veliero
- velierotype of ship
Japanese 帆船
- 帆船type of ship
Korean 범선
- 범선 (beomseon)type of ship
Latvian burinieks
- buriniekstype of ship
Malay kapal layar
- kapal layartype of ship
Norwegian Bokmål seilskip, seglskip
- seilskiptype of ship
- seglskiptype of ship
- seilskutetype of ship
Polish żaglowiec
- żaglowiectype of ship
Portuguese veleiro
- veleirotype of ship
Romanian velier, corabie
- veliertype of ship
- corabietype of ship
Russian па́русное су́дно, па́русник
- па́русное су́дно (párusnoje súdno)type of ship
- па́русник (párusnik)type of ship
Slovak plachetnica
- plachetnicatype of ship
Spanish embarcación a vela, galeón
- embarcación a velatype of ship
- galeóntype of ship
- velerotype of ship
Swedish segelfartyg
- segelfartygtype of ship
Turkish yelkenli
- yelkenlitype of ship
Ukrainian вітри́льне судно́, вітри́льник
- вітри́льне судно́ (vitrýlʹne sudnó)type of ship
- вітри́льник (vitrýlʹnyk)type of ship
Vietnamese thuyền buồm
- thuyền buồmtype of ship
Welsh llong hwylio
- llong hwyliotype of ship
Yiddish זעגלשיף
- זעגלשיף (zeglshif)type of ship
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APA
sailing ship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailing%20ship
MLA
“sailing ship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailing%20ship. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sailing ship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailing%20ship.
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